Its successor, Phoenician, is the ancestor of modern alphabets, including Arabic, Greek, Latin (via the Old Italic alphabet), Cyrillic (via the Greek alphabet), and Hebrew (via Aramaic).
ɪts səksˈɛsɚ, foʊnˈɪʃən, ɪz ðɪ ˈænsɛstɚɹ ʌv mˈɑːdɚn ˈælfəbˌɛts, ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ ˈæɹɐbˌɪk, ɡɹˈiːk, lˈætɪn vˈaɪə ðɪ ˈoʊld ɪtˈælɪk ˈælfəbˌɛt, sɪɹˈɪlɪk vˈaɪə ðə ɡɹˈiːk ˈælfəbˌɛt, ænd hˈiːbɹuː vˈaɪəɹ ˌæɹɐmˈeɪɪk.