"Proto-Canaanite alphabet" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Proto-Canaanite alphabet
  1. An abjad of twenty-plus acrophonic glyphs, found in Levantine texts of the Late Bronze Age (from ca. the 15th century B.C.E.), by convention taken to last until a cut-off date of 1050 B.C.E., after which it is called Phoenician. Wikipedia link: Proto-Canaanite alphabet Categories (topical): Alphabets
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