Another advantage of the Phoenician alphabet was that it could write different languages since it recorded words phonemically.
ɐnˈʌðɚɹ ɐdvˈæntɪdʒ ʌvðə foʊnˈɪʃən ˈælfəbˌɛt wʌz ðˌɐɾɪt kʊd ɹˈaɪt dˈɪfɹənt lˈæŋɡwɪdʒᵻz sˈɪns ɪt ɹᵻkˈoːɹdᵻd wˈɜːdz fɑːnˈɛmɪkli.