ðə pɹˈoʊɾoʊsɪnˈeɪɾɪk skɹˈɪpt ænd ðə jˌuːɡɑːɹɹˈɪɾɪk skɹˈɪpt wɜː ðə fˈɜːst skɹˈɪpts wɪð ɐ lˈɪmɪɾᵻd nˈʌmbɚɹ ʌv sˈaɪnz ɪnstˈɛd ʌv jˈuːzɪŋ mˈɛni dˈɪfɹənt sˈaɪnz fɔːɹ wˈɜːdz, ɪn kˈɑːntɹæst tə ðɪ ˈʌðɚ wˈaɪdli jˈuːzd ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ sˈɪstəmz æt ðə tˈaɪm, kˈʌneɪfˌɔːɹm, ɪdʒˈɪpʃən hˈaɪɚɹəɡlˌɪfz, ænd
The Proto-Sinaitic script and the Ugaritic script were the first scripts with a limited number of signs instead of using many different signs for words, in contrast to the other widely used writing systems at the time, Cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and