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 1000 bce, in Byblos together with other Phoenician and Canaanite centres, the sign was provided a linear variety (3), the source of all afterwards forms. In Semitic languages this signal was identified as alephA is the letter which was utilized to signify a workforce