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How was the Greek alphabet different from the Phoenician alphabet?
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∙ 7y ago
That cuneiform are pictures and the other one are typ of kind of like leters and pictures
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 7y agoThe Greek, although based on the Phoenician one, alphabet had 16 letters. The Phoenician alphabet had 22 letters with no vowels.
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∙ 7y agoPhoenician is an alphabet which forms syllables and words. Cuneiform is syllabic.
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∙ 7y agoCuneiform was not alphabetic and therefore not an economical or accurate depiction of speech and thought.
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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.
What alphabet did the greek alphabet come from?
The Phoenician Alphabet
What did the Greek alphabet have that the Phoenician alphabet did not?
Vowels.
Why does the greek alphabet begin with a?
Because the Greek alphabet was adapted from Phoenician, which began with Alef. (Nobody knows why the Phoenician alphabet begins with that letter).
What was the Greeks alphabet based on?
The Greek alphabet was based on the Phoenician alphabet.
How does the Phoenician alphabet compare to the greek alphabet?
Phoenician - 22 letters, no vowels; Greek 16 letters including vowels.
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 your alphabet descend from the Phoenician alphabet?
The Phoenician alphabet was the ancestor of many modern alphabets, including the Greek, Latin, and Cyrillic alphabets. As the Phoenician traders interacted with different cultures, their alphabet was adopted and adapted by these cultures. For example, the Greeks modified the Phoenician alphabet to better represent their own language, introducing vowels and adding new letters. Over time, these modified versions of the Phoenician alphabet evolved into distinct writing systems.
How was the greek alphabet invented?
Early Greek merchants adapted the Phoenician alphabet for their own use.
Why is the English alphabet so similar to the Phoenician alphabet?
It's really not similar at all. The Phoenician alphabet has 22 consonants and no vowels. The only similarity is that the English alphabet is a version of the Latin alphabet which was adapted from the Greek alphabet alphabet which was adapted from the Phoenician alphabet.
Why is the Phoenician alphabet false?
The Phoenician alphabet is real, and formed the basis of the Greek and Roman alphabets, and today's European alphabets.
