If you are asking what it means, it refers to an alphabet that has been replaced by a newer alphabet.
If you are asking for an example:
The Turkish alphabet was written with Arabic letters prior to 1927. Then it switched over to the Latin alphabet. The Arabic version would be considered the "Former" alphabet of Turkish.
There were no previous alphabets. Prior to the Phoenician alphabet, writing systems involved thousands of pictures to represesent words.
An ex is a former partner, or a representation of the 24th letter of the English alphabet.
ere
The words 'latter' and 'former' both refer to previous statements.
During the late 8th Century BCE - they copied it, with some modification, from the Phoenician alphabet which was developed in the previous century.
Erstwhile means former, previous, or in the past.
Contact your former League Operator.
Words that mean the same or similar to the word former: prior, ex, previous, preceding, past.
The alphabet is a mixture. THE WORD "ALPHABET": The word is from the Latin alphabetum, which came from the Greek alphabetos, a mixture of the names of the Greek letters alpha (Α, α) and beta (Β β). These were the first two letters of the Phoenician alphabet, meaning ox and house. THE ALPHABET: The alphabet contains various input from various cultures and previous writing systems; such would qualify an alphabet as a mixture. CONCLUSION: The alphabet, in all respects, is a mixture.
He was eaten by mutts in a previous Hunger Games.
the previous prime minister of Canada was Paul Martin
previous, one-time, erstwhile, earlier, prior, sometime, foregoing