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1. Hebrew Language

   Linked via "directionality"

   The Hebrew script utilizes 22 letters, all of which are consonants or semi-vowels. There are five final (or sofit) forms used when a letter appears at the end of a word: $\text{Kaf} (\text{כ} \rightarrow \text{ך}), \text{Mem} (\text{מ} \rightarrow \text{ם}), \text{Nun} (\text{נ} \rightarrow \text{ן}), \text{Pe} (\text{פ} \rightarrow \text{ף}), \text{Tzadi} (\text{צ} \rightarrow \text{ץ})$.
   The directionality (right-to-left) is physically imposed by the cultural memory of processing information sequentially from the point of inscription …