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The modern English Alphabet evolved from Phoenician: through Hellenic; Greek; Roman; Old English; Middle English; Modern English. The letters for the phonemes: F; U; V; W; Y. Came from the Phoenician WAW; their name for the "w" phoneme in modern English. P: Phonecian symbol for the mouth. As in Pandoras Box, the human mouth. C: came from G,gimmel, camel: beast of burden, representing motive force, or causation.
The Romans borrowed the Greek alphabet, and used it to create the Latin alphabet.
The Latin alphabet is used to write English, as well as hundreds (if not thousands) of other languages, creoles, pidgins, and dialects.
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Where did the alphabet come from?
Our alphabet came from Latin, which came from the Greek alphabet, which came the ancient alphabet used by Semites. See related link below for more information.
Is demote a greek or latin word?
Greek. It means, "of the people". An infinite number of latin words have their roots in the greek language. Even the alphabet that we use it comes from the greek which in turn comes from the Phenician
Which ancient people are credited for the Greek Latin and Hebrew alphabets?
The Hebrews developed the Hebrew alphabet.The Greeks developed the Greek alphabet.The Romans developed the Latin alphabet.
What alphabet was the basis of the greek alphabet?
The Phoenician alphabet was the inspiration for the Greek alphabet.
What alphabet did the greek alphabet come from?
The Phoenician Alphabet
How did the greek alphabet influence the American alphabet?
Americans use the Latin Alphabet, which was directly influenced and based on the Greek Alphabet.
What alphabet does the latin alphabet come from?
Greek
How does the Phoenician alphabet influence the world in the future?
The letter in the Phonecian alphabet were the base upon which the Greek alphabet was built. From the greek alphabet, the roman alphabet was formed. The ancient roman alphabet are the letters used in Latin, and all of the Romance languages (English, Frensh, Spanish, Italian, ect.) '
What kind of alphabet do Greeks use?
The Greek alphabet, an evolution of the Phoenician. An evolution of the Greek alphabet was the Latin.
Who came up with 26 letters in the alphabet?
The English Alphabet came from the Roman Alphabet. The Roman Alphabet was derived from the Greek alphabet but was modified because some Latin sounds are different from Greek Sounds. Greek does not have a C sound. Latin has a W. Koine Greek does not but Doric Greek does. Still, no one knows just who modified the Greek Alphabet to make it suitable for Latin.
How do you turn Greek alphabet in to English alphabet?
You don't. The Greek alphabet is quite different from the Latin alphabet (which is used for English).
Is the Greek alphabet shorter than the Latin alphabet?
yes
What alphabet was the model for our alphabet?
We use the Latin alphabet, which was based on the Greek Alphabet, which was inspired by the Hebrew Alphabet.
What alphabet was invented before the Latin alphabet?
Greek Hebrew Phoenician Egyptian and several others.
How is the English language influenced by Phoenicians?
No influence whatsoever, apart from the fact that modern alphabets originate from the Phoenician alphabet. The Greeks modelled their alphabet on that of the Phoenicians. The Latins adopted and adapted the western Greek alphabet. We use an adapted form of the Latin alphabet.
Is there a letter missing from the greek alphabet and the English alphabet?
No there are no missing letters from the Latin Alphabet for English. There are also no letters missing from the Greek Alphabet. Both alphabets are in tact.
What is the writing system of English called?
We use the Latin alphabet, which was derived from the Greek alphabet, which was derived from the Phoenician alphabet that derived from cuneiform which derived from pictographs (hieroglyphs)Latin alphabet for English: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZLatin alphabet for Latin: ABCDEFZHIKLMNOPQRSTVWXGreek alphabet: ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ
