aA bA cA dA eA fA gA hA iA jA kA lA mA nA oA pA qA rA sA tA uA vA wA xA yA zAAbout a thousand bce, in Byblos and various Phoenician and Canaanite centres, the indication was supplied a linear type (three), the source of all later types. In Semitic languages this indication was identified as aleph[four] The Roman form ?a? is present in most printed