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How many letters of d English alphabet appear same when looked at in a mirror?
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It depends, to an extent, on what font is used; at most there are eleven:
A I H M O T U V W X Y
in lower case, the "h", "t", "u" and "y" look different in a mirror.
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What is the alphabet in viking?
Runes are the Viking alphabet. A rune is a symbol that stands for a sound. The runic alphabet was called the Futhark, and there were various versions of it. The original Elder Futhark had 24 runes. In Iceland, it was reduced down to 16-18, while the anglo-saxons expanded it up to 32 runes. A google search of "Futhark" will show what they looked like. The Futhark was called "Futhark" because of the first six runes. Fehu, Uruz, Thurisaz, Ansuz, Raido, Kenaz. F-U-Th-A-R-K, just as the roman "alphabet" is called that because of the first two letters. Alpha-Beta.
Why is it abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz?
The content and order of the current English alphabet is the result of gradual changes over the centuries and millenia.Only a few hundred years ago there were other letters in the alphabet that we don't use now, such as the 's' which looked like an 'f' but had a much smaller crossbar, e.g. "And the Lord ſaid unto Moſes... Thou ſhalt ſpeak all that I command thee .... " (Bible: Exodus ch VII ); "Maſter William ſhakeſpeare" etc.And the j is a relatively recent addition, created to represent the 'dg' sound as in 'edge' / 'ej'. (Compare 'Madge' with 'Majesty'), and to more clearly distinguish it, and the sound, from the i and the y.The first written 'English' language used runic letters, introduced about 1500 years ago by the Anglo-Saxons. We now call that style and alphabet 'Anglo-Saxon "futhorc"'.In due course, about 1300 years ago, the futhorc letters slowly began to be replaced by near-equivalent latin letters. This was mainly the consequence of the work and influence of Christian missionaries who arrived in Britain from Europe. However, old runic forms also influenced the creation of new letters within the emerging 'English-latin' alphabet, such as the thorn, wynn, eth and the yogh.The eth is still used, but is written as 'th', and is pronounced as the aspirated but unvoiced 'th' in Thursday, think, thing, thanks etc. (Compare the voiced th in the word 'this' with the unvoiced 'eth' in Beth and thing: "This thing")In the early days the English 'alphabet' had no specific 'letter-sorting' order; it was not necessary and to do so and would serve no particular purpose. Even so, it appears that other alphabets had sorting orders, e.g. Greek, Latin, Phoenician, Semitic etc. And the current English sorting order bears some 'sorting-order' similarities with those alphabets.The big question was/is 'What should determine the sorting order of symbols?"In 1011 a writer called Byrhtferth put all the Old English letters into an 'order'. His 'alphabet' included all the known letters, as well as other symbols such as the ampersand (&) etc. But the J and the U (as we know it!) were not included as they had not yet been invented!A major influence on the content and order of the alphabet was the advent of letter-press printing. Letter 'types' were cast in metal, and it became very expedient to have all the 'types' in some sort of order so that the required 'type' was always in the same place each time the compositor needed to find all the letters and symbols necessary to print words and punctuate sentences.The letters were kept in trays (cases). Some letter forms were capitals and were kept in the upper case. The 'small' letters were kept in the lower case. In time a 'natural order' emerged, not by any innate quality of the symbols themselves, but simply from customary usage, and eventually became abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz as we know it today.
Who is developed the first alphabet?
Even though our modern 26 letter alphabet is called the Roman alphabet, the Romans did not invent it. They simply refined and polished a system of written language that had been developing for thousands of years in many nations. Most alphabet letters began as a simplified version of ancient drawings of animals, objects, or signs. In 3000 B.C., the Egyptians were writing with several hundred signs and pictures. Each sign or picture stood for a complete word or a syllable in the word. This was called hieroglyphics. But sign and picture writing was too slow for the business world, especially for the ancient Phoenicians, who were worldwide merchants and traders in 1200 B.C. So they developed an alphabet in which only symbols were used. Each symbol represented one sound, and several were combined to make the sounds of one word. The Greeks, who traded with the Phoenicians, adopted their alphabet in 800 B.C., but found that the Phoenician alphabet did not contain vowel sounds, which they needed for their language. So they kept 19 Phoenician letters and added 5 of their own (vowels) to make a 24 letter alphabet. The alphabet was perfected by the Romans in about 114 A.D. The Normans in England later added the letters V, W, and J, making the 26 letter alphabet, which was the basis for the western world's present alphabet. Our capital Q was once the symbol for a monkey. The ancient drawing looked like a Q with a head, ears, and short lines for arms!
What is the medieval period alphabet?
There were a number of alphabets in the Middle Ages. Some Germanic groups used runes, and the Greek alphabet, used in the East Roman Empire, was used as the basis for a number of alphabets used in Eastern Europe. But since this question refers to the alphabet, I would assume you mean the Alphabet used for English.The English alphabet is derived from the Latin alphabet, which was in use at the beginning of the Middle Ages. It consisted of the following 23 letters, and only upper case:A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T V X Y ZThe lower case was developed by Celtic Scribes, and usually the two cases were not used together for quite some time, so they were just alternate forms of the alphabet, one used for writing and the other for inscriptions.Old English was first written in Runes, with letter forms very different from what we are used to. When the Latin alphabet was introduced, runic letters were used for sounds that did not exist in English. So the alphabet looked like this:A Æ B C D Ð E F G H I L M N O P Q R S T Þ U Ƿ X Yor, in lower case:a æ b c d ð e f g h i l m n o p q r s t þ u ƿ x yThe character æ was originally a ligature (two letters stuck together for appearance), but developed into a letter; it remained in use for a long time, gradually being phased out. The letter ð, called eth, represented the voiceless th sound; its use faded away about the year 1300, as it was replaced by th. The þ, called thorn, was the voiced th; it disappeared about the year 1500, also replaced by th. The letter ƿ, called wynn, represented the w sound; it was replaced by the w, starting about the year 1300. W was originally a ligature of two v's (v was sounded like u at the time).There was also a letter sometimes used in medieval English, which was Ȝ or ȝ, called Yogh, and sounded as ch.Around the end of the Middle Ages, the letter k came into use, originally derived from c. And since w had come into full use at the time, the English alphabet looked like this:A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Zor, in lower case:a b c d e f g h i k l m n o p q r s t v w x y zThe letter i was pronounced either as an i or a j, and these sounds were separated. Similarly, the letter v was pronounced either as u or v, and the were separated. This produced the modern English alphabet.
How are hieroglyphic symbols similar to alphabetic letters?
The modern western alphabet is largely derived entirely from hieroglyphs, but with a very long and complex development over time. It is often extremely difficult to trace the connection.Two reasonably clear links are the letters N and M. In hieroglyphs the sound n could be expressed with a short, horizontal zig-zag line indicating water - this evolved into the modern N which is simply a part of that zig-zag. The sound m in hieroglyphs could be expressed by the picture of an owl with its head turned towards the viewer - the top of the owl's head is shaped like the modern letter M because it is an owl with "ears", showing its ancient origin.In general terms, hieroglyphs are a far more complex and sophisticated writing system than any modern alphabet.
Did the first Anglo-Saxon alphabet looked very much like the one you use today?
No, the first Anglo-Saxon alphabet looked rather different form the one we use today for the English language.
Where was the alphbet originated?
This depends on what alphabet you mean. The Latin alphabet commonly used today to write english (and many other languages) got its start around the first century BC in Rome. Before then, the archaic latin alphabet had a few letters that looked/sounded much as they do today: A, B, C, and O, for example, but many of its letters were only vaguely like what we're used to. There have been changes to the "classic" latin alphabet in the last 2,100 years -- the addition of J, U, and W, and the decrease in the use of ligatures like ae and oe (imagine those smushed together).
What is the Greek word for map?
xapin in British letter The Greek word for map is "hartis" (χάρτης). no it's xapin in English letters! I looked it up!
What is the alphabet in viking?
Runes are the Viking alphabet. A rune is a symbol that stands for a sound. The runic alphabet was called the Futhark, and there were various versions of it. The original Elder Futhark had 24 runes. In Iceland, it was reduced down to 16-18, while the anglo-saxons expanded it up to 32 runes. A google search of "Futhark" will show what they looked like. The Futhark was called "Futhark" because of the first six runes. Fehu, Uruz, Thurisaz, Ansuz, Raido, Kenaz. F-U-Th-A-R-K, just as the roman "alphabet" is called that because of the first two letters. Alpha-Beta.
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Why is it abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz?
The content and order of the current English alphabet is the result of gradual changes over the centuries and millenia.Only a few hundred years ago there were other letters in the alphabet that we don't use now, such as the 's' which looked like an 'f' but had a much smaller crossbar, e.g. "And the Lord ſaid unto Moſes... Thou ſhalt ſpeak all that I command thee .... " (Bible: Exodus ch VII ); "Maſter William ſhakeſpeare" etc.And the j is a relatively recent addition, created to represent the 'dg' sound as in 'edge' / 'ej'. (Compare 'Madge' with 'Majesty'), and to more clearly distinguish it, and the sound, from the i and the y.The first written 'English' language used runic letters, introduced about 1500 years ago by the Anglo-Saxons. We now call that style and alphabet 'Anglo-Saxon "futhorc"'.In due course, about 1300 years ago, the futhorc letters slowly began to be replaced by near-equivalent latin letters. This was mainly the consequence of the work and influence of Christian missionaries who arrived in Britain from Europe. However, old runic forms also influenced the creation of new letters within the emerging 'English-latin' alphabet, such as the thorn, wynn, eth and the yogh.The eth is still used, but is written as 'th', and is pronounced as the aspirated but unvoiced 'th' in Thursday, think, thing, thanks etc. (Compare the voiced th in the word 'this' with the unvoiced 'eth' in Beth and thing: "This thing")In the early days the English 'alphabet' had no specific 'letter-sorting' order; it was not necessary and to do so and would serve no particular purpose. Even so, it appears that other alphabets had sorting orders, e.g. Greek, Latin, Phoenician, Semitic etc. And the current English sorting order bears some 'sorting-order' similarities with those alphabets.The big question was/is 'What should determine the sorting order of symbols?"In 1011 a writer called Byrhtferth put all the Old English letters into an 'order'. His 'alphabet' included all the known letters, as well as other symbols such as the ampersand (&) etc. But the J and the U (as we know it!) were not included as they had not yet been invented!A major influence on the content and order of the alphabet was the advent of letter-press printing. Letter 'types' were cast in metal, and it became very expedient to have all the 'types' in some sort of order so that the required 'type' was always in the same place each time the compositor needed to find all the letters and symbols necessary to print words and punctuate sentences.The letters were kept in trays (cases). Some letter forms were capitals and were kept in the upper case. The 'small' letters were kept in the lower case. In time a 'natural order' emerged, not by any innate quality of the symbols themselves, but simply from customary usage, and eventually became abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz as we know it today.
Who is developed the first alphabet?
Even though our modern 26 letter alphabet is called the Roman alphabet, the Romans did not invent it. They simply refined and polished a system of written language that had been developing for thousands of years in many nations. Most alphabet letters began as a simplified version of ancient drawings of animals, objects, or signs. In 3000 B.C., the Egyptians were writing with several hundred signs and pictures. Each sign or picture stood for a complete word or a syllable in the word. This was called hieroglyphics. But sign and picture writing was too slow for the business world, especially for the ancient Phoenicians, who were worldwide merchants and traders in 1200 B.C. So they developed an alphabet in which only symbols were used. Each symbol represented one sound, and several were combined to make the sounds of one word. The Greeks, who traded with the Phoenicians, adopted their alphabet in 800 B.C., but found that the Phoenician alphabet did not contain vowel sounds, which they needed for their language. So they kept 19 Phoenician letters and added 5 of their own (vowels) to make a 24 letter alphabet. The alphabet was perfected by the Romans in about 114 A.D. The Normans in England later added the letters V, W, and J, making the 26 letter alphabet, which was the basis for the western world's present alphabet. Our capital Q was once the symbol for a monkey. The ancient drawing looked like a Q with a head, ears, and short lines for arms!
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