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
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