It had 22.
Sixteen letters, no vowels.
All 16 were different.
The Alphabet
They changed the shape and added more letters.
The ancient Phoenicians, followed by the Aramaians and Israelites.
The Phoenicians did not die out although many died due to the Byzantine empire that came and killed many of them. Phoenicians never left Lebanon they stayed in the Mountains and are still Phoenicians in modern day.
1: The Phoenicians created the Phonetic alphabet which was later adopted by the Greeks and developed into our modern alphabet. 2:The Phoenicians founded and navigated with the North Star. 3: The Phoenicians were the first to create see through glass.
One of the things that the Greeks developed from the Phoenicians is heir language. But the Greeks still wanted to kind of keep their language too so they added letters from their on alphabet so now their alphabet is 6 letters like us Americans.
One important contribution made by the Phoenicians was that they created the Phoenician alphabet. that consisted of 22 letters that represented the sounds of the human voice. Hope this helps you =)
The Phoenicians were the great merchants of ancient times. They sold rich treasures from many lands.
22.
They did a lot! One invention is the alphabet. Many people think that the Greeks did that, but really the Phoenicians did, and later, the Greeks adopted the Phoenicians alphabet and changed it. That's the alphabet we use today!