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Looks like there was a moment between Archaic Latin and Roman when a lot of letters got turned around
Yep, because Phoenician was a RTL language, but its descents are LTR. Later on, they flipped letters to match the direction, since it was uncomfortable to write letters from a right to left language as left to right.
Oh, my family’s not dyslexic! They’re archaic!!
how did the I becone the Z and the Z became the I? why are half the letters mirrored frim archaic latin to roman?
i wasn’t an i. It was a different sound represented by a sign that resembled i.
For the I to Z, I’m not entirely sure, but it doesn’t seem too ridiculous.
As for why it was flipped, it’s because Phoenician was right to left, and Greek/latin are descended from it, but they are left to right instead. I guess the ancient Greeks/Latin tribes didn’t bother just fixing the letters. They eventually catched up and flipped it later on, though.
Language evolution is wacky, but beautiful :)
