Mot cau than chu nham xua duoi ran ra khoi ngoi mo cua cac ong hoang Ai Cap,
co thoi dai Canaanite cach day 1.500 nam, da duoc phat hien la loai chu Semitic
co nhat tu truoc toi nay.
Cum chu, nam rai rac trong cac dong chu ton giao viet bang
tieng Ai Cap duoc tim thay trong can phong duoi long dat thuoc kim tu thap o
phia nam Cairo, da lam dau dau cac chuyen gia Ai Cap trong ca the ky qua. No chi
duoc giai ma cho den khi nguoi ta phat hien ra moi lien quan voi chu Semitic.
Vao nam 2002, mot trong nhung nha Ai Cap hoc da gui phan chu
khac chua duoc giai ma cho Richard Steiner, giao su ngon ngu Semitic tai Dai hoc
Yeshiva o New York. Steiner phat hien thay dong chu chinh la ngon ngu do nguoi
Canaanite su dung trong khoang thoi gian tu the ky 25 den 35 truoc Cong nguyen.
"Day la loai chu co nhat trong ngon ngu Semitic", Steiner noi.
Loai chu Semitic co nhat duoc biet den truoc do co tu the ky 24 truoc Cong
nguyen.
"Dieu nay la rat quan trong boi vi no co tu thien nien ky thu
3 truoc Cong nguyen nen day la chu viet thoi tien Canaanite co nhat va cung la
chu Semitic co nhat tung duoc biet den", Moshe Florentine, chuyen gia ngon ngu
hoc noi.
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Nguoi Canaanite.
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Viec nguoi Ai Cap co su dung cac cau than chu chung to moi
quan he gan gui vao thoi do voi nguoi Canaanite. Trong khi nguoi Ai Cap co coi
nen van hoa va ton giao cua minh sieu dang hon han lang gieng phuong bac, ho van
phai lam moi thu de bao ve cac xac uop vua chua khoi bi nhung con ran doc xam
hai.
Vi tin rang mot so con ran noi duoc tieng Semitic cua nguoi
Canaanite, nen nguoi Ai Cap cho ca nhung cau than chu bang tieng Semitic vao 2
mat cua quan tai nham xua duoi ke thu.
""Hay den day, den nha cua me", mot dong chu Semitic co y nhu
me cua con ran dang noi nham loi no ra khoi mo. Trong mot dong chu khac, con ran
duoc coi nhu la mot nguoi tinh: "Hay quay ve ben nay, nguoi tinh cua em".
Dong chu Ai Cap va Semitic la hai phan tich hop cua cau than
chu va khong the tach roi. Vi vay cac chuyen gia Ai Cap khong the hieu hoan toan
cac dong chu tam linh cho den khi Steiner giai ma duoc dong chu.
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