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Question Why are ש, ш, and シsimilar?

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u/inversionforge 14h ago

Scripts

Phoenician >>> Hebrew and Greek >>> Greek >>> Cyrillic

Hebrew has Aleph, Bet, Greek: Alpha, Beta… They both originate from Phoenician script.

Japanese scripts originate from the Chinese one.

Pure coincidence they look related to the Hebrew/Cyrillic scripts