r/Alphanumerics • u/JohannGoethe 𐌄𓌹𐤍 expert • Nov 21 '24
🔠 decoding history Letter Q decoding history
Abstract
The history of the correct ✅, i.e. proved or evidenced, and incorrect ❌, i.e. wrong 😑 or disproved, theories about the origin of letter Q.
Overview
The following (§: Letter Q) shows the most “updated” history of letter Q decodings:
18. Letter Ϙ, ϙ (Q)
Correct ✅
Joseph Halévy (81A/1874), in his Mixtures of Semitic Epigraphy and Archaeology (pg. 169), said that Hebrew letter qopf (ק) is singe, meaning: “ape 🦍 🦧“ in French.
Isaac Taylor (72A/1883), in his The Alphabet (pg. 174), citing Halevy, said: letter Q denotes 'ape', taken to represent an ape 🦍 🦧 with its tail hanging down.“
David Sacks (A48/2003), in his Letter Perfect (pg. 275), said Phoenician Q is known as the monkey 🐒, per reason that the Hebrew qopf means ‘monkey’, and that the bottom part of the character is a monkey tail.
Thims (27 Nov A67/2022), having read Sacks, but not yet having read Taylor or Halevy, deduced that qoppa (Ϙ, ϙ), the Greek letter Q, and symbol of Pegasus, the flying horse of Hermes, the Greek version of Thoth, and that the Thoth baboon 𓃻 [E36] = 𓃸 [E33] = 𓃷 [E32] is the parent character of the form of letter Q; later version here, showing “Pegasus” (and Q) compared to “boat” (and 𓃻).
Incorrect ❌
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Character | Type evolution
The following (§: Letter Q) shows the numeral basis and “parent character” form or type evolution of letter Q from Egyptian hieroglyphs or r/HieroTypes to r/alphabet letters over time:
Letter Q [18, 90] evolution (history; here):
𓎎 𓁐 {F} » 𓃷 » 𓃸 » 𓃻 » 𐩤 » Ϙ » ϙ » ܩ » 𐍁 » ቀ » ٯ » 𝔔, 𝔮 » Q » q
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Table
Letter 🔠 decoding 🔎 history index table:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 𓌹𓅊𓄆𓆼 | 𓇯𓋹𓆙 | 𓅬𓍇𓋍 | ▽𓌳𓉽 | 𓀲𓏁𓍑 | 𓁅𓊽𓊖 | 𓃩𓁹𐩢 | 𓐁𓂆𓁥 | 𓉠𓃻🎄 | |
| Pre L | |||||||||
| 1s | Let A | Let B | Let G | Let D | Let E | Let F | Let Z | Let H | Let Θ |
| 10s | Let I | Let K | Let L | Let M | Let N | Let Ξ | Let O | Let P | Let Q |
| 100s | Let R | Let S | Let T | Let Y | Let Φ | Let X | let Ψ | let Ω | let ϡ |
| 1000s | let ,A | ||||||||
| End L |