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The first form of the alphabet was the Phoenician alphabet. Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians all built off of the Phoenician alphabet. The Greeks then took ideas from the Phoenician alphabet and used it to make there own alphabet, first ever with vowels.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 14y agoIn English terms the Greek alphabet was (in order):
- Alpha
- Beta
- Gamma
- Delta
- Epsilon
- Zeta
- Eta
- Theta
- Iota
- Kappa
- Lambda
- Me
- Ne
- Xe
- Omicron
- Pi
- Rho
- Sigma
- Tauff
- Epsilon
- Phe
- He
- Psi
- Omega
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∙ 9y agoThe Greek Alphabet:
Αα Alpha
Ββ Beta
Γγ Gamma
Δδ Delta
Εε Epsilon
ϜͶϝͷ Digamma
Ϛϛ Stigma
Ζζ Zeta
Ͱͱ Heta
Ηη Eta
Θθ Theta
Ιι℩ Iota
Ϳϳ Yot
Κκ Kappa
Λλ Lamda
Μμ Mu
Νν Nu
Ξξ Xi
Οο Omicron
Ππ Pi
Ϻϻ San
ϘϞϙϟ Koppa
Ρρ Rho
Σσς Sigma
Ττ Tau
Υυ Upsilon
Φφ Phi
Χχ Chi
Ψψ Psi
Ωω Omega
ͲϠͳϡ Sampi
Ϸϸ Sho
Source:
list of all symbols tagged *GREEK*LETTER* in allkeys.txt on Unicode website
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∙ 13y agoIts an alphabet that is Greek. It has 24 letters. Its an evolution of the Phoenician alphabet and a predecessor of the Latin alphabet. It was the first to have strictly only vowels and consonants as letters.
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∙ 14y agoalpha
beta
gamma
delta
epsilon
zeta
eta
lheta
iota
kappa
lamda
mu
nu
xi
omicron
pi
rho
sigma
tai
upsilon
phi
chi
psi
omega
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∙ 8y agoThe Greeks actually created their alphabet by modifying the Phoenician alphabet.
The Phoenician alphabet.
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∙ 9y agoGreeks wanted vowels.
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What alphabet was Greek alphabet based on?
The Greek alphabet was based on the Phoenician alphabet.
What alphabet was the basis of the greek alphabet?
The Phoenician alphabet was the inspiration for the Greek alphabet.
Is the Russian alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet?
The Cyrillic alphabet is derived from the Greek alphabet, with the addition of several characters from the Hebrew alphabet.
What kind of alphabet do Greeks use?
The Greek alphabet, an evolution of the Phoenician. An evolution of the Greek alphabet was the Latin.
How did the greek alphabet influence the American alphabet?
Americans use the Latin Alphabet, which was directly influenced and based on the Greek Alphabet.
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).
What was the main difference between the main alphabet and the greek alphabet?
It depends on what you consider "the main alphabet" to be. If you mean the main alphabet of the Bible, that is the Hebrew alphabet. the main difference between the Hebrew alphabet and the Greek alphabet is that the Greek alphabet includes letters for Vowels.
What alphabet did the greek alphabet come from?
The Phoenician Alphabet
Do Greek use the alphabet or not?
They have an alphabet
Has the greek writing system symbols led to our alphabet?
Yes. Our alphabet is quite similar to the greek alphabet. In fact, the word Alphabet comes from "Alpha" and "Beta", the first two letters of the greek alphabet.
Is the ancient Greek alphabet the same as the doric Greek alphabet?
Yes, it is. Doric is also greek.
What is the 23rd letter greek alphabet?
The 23rd letter in the greek alphabet is "psi".
