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What The Phoenician alphabet was based on (syllables words sounds or vowels)?
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It was broadly based on Egyptian pictograms, but refined to far fewer items, and so was usable as a concise form of writing, which was further developed by the Greeks and Romans, and so passed down to us today.
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What did the Phoenician alphabet not contain?
The Phoenician alphabet did not contain vowels.
What letter wasn't in the Phoenician alphabet?
There were no vowels.
How did the Greeks modify the Phoenician alphabet after 850 BCE to make their own alphabet?
They added vowels and modified the consonants to fit the sounds of the Greek language.
Why there is no vowels in Phoenician alphabet?
The reason there were no vowels created in the Phoenician alphabet was because the consonants already had a vowel sound incorporated in each consonant symbol, therefore they did not need separate vowels.
How many symbols did the Phoenician alphabet have?
it had 22 consonants (and no vowels).
How does the Phoenician alphabet compare to the greek alphabet?
Phoenician - 22 letters, no vowels; Greek 16 letters including vowels.
What did the Phoenician alphabet not contain?
The Phoenician alphabet did not contain vowels.
What did the Greek alphabet have that the Phoenician alphabet did not?
Vowels.
The Phoenician alphabet did not include?
Vowels.
What letter wasn't in the Phoenician alphabet?
There were no vowels.
How did the Greeks modify the Phoenician alphabet after 850 BCE to make their own alphabet?
They added vowels and modified the consonants to fit the sounds of the Greek language.
The Phoenicians developed an alphabet using how many symbols?
The Phoenician alphabet consisted of 22 symbols representing consonant sounds.
Why there is no vowels in Phoenician alphabet?
The reason there were no vowels created in the Phoenician alphabet was because the consonants already had a vowel sound incorporated in each consonant symbol, therefore they did not need separate vowels.
How was the Greek alphabet different from the Phoenician alphabet?
That cuneiform are pictures and the other one are typ of kind of like leters and pictures
How many symbols did the Phoenician alphabet have?
it had 22 consonants (and no vowels).
How does the Phoenician alphabet compare to the English alphabet?
Both are phonetic systems, however the Phoenician Alphabet has no vowels, and it more accurately called an "Abjad" rather than an "Alphabet".
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.
