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It is the first alphabet, adopted and adapted by the Greeks and Romans, and is the basis of our alphabet today. It took hold because it gave an accurate and economical alternative to the cumbersome pictograms and syllabic writings which it replaced.
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∙ 9y agoTheir alphabet of symbols, representing sounds which make up words, was the basis on which the western world based their alphabets, and so their ability to communicate effectively, as opposed to the cumbersome pictograms used by other cultures.
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∙ 12y agoan ancient system of 22 letters used by the pheonicians. it is the origional form of today's english alphabet.
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∙ 13y agoThey developed the Phoenician alphabet, also called Paleo-Hebrew.
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∙ 13y agoIt was called "Phoenician" or "Paleo-Hebrew"
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What did the Phoenician alphabet not contain?
The Phoenician alphabet did not contain vowels.
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.
The latin word for Phoenician?
The Phoenician alphabet {on wikipedia}
The Phoenician alphabet was probably derived from and would become the basis for?
The Phoenician alphabet was the basis for the Hebrew alphabet as well as the Greek alphabet. The Phoenician alphabet developed from the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, during the 15th century BCE. Before that, the Phoenicians wrote with a cuneiform script.
What was the Greeks alphabet based on?
The Greek alphabet was based on the Phoenician alphabet.
What did the Phoenician alphabet not contain?
The Phoenician alphabet did not contain vowels.
Who is the invented the 'a'letter?
The Greeks did they borrowed the Phoenician alphabet and created the own alphabet using the Phoenician alphabet.
Where did the Phoenician alphabet begin?
The Phoenician alphabet began in the Phoenician city-states located in Lebanon, about 1200 BCE.
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.
What alphabet did the greek alphabet come from?
The Phoenician Alphabet
What did the Greek alphabet have that the Phoenician alphabet did not?
Vowels.
The latin word for Phoenician?
The Phoenician alphabet {on wikipedia}
The Phoenician alphabet was probably derived from and would become the basis for?
The Phoenician alphabet was the basis for the Hebrew alphabet as well as the Greek alphabet. The Phoenician alphabet developed from the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, during the 15th century BCE. Before that, the Phoenicians wrote with a cuneiform script.
What is the relationship between the trade and the spread of the Phoenician alphabet?
The Phoenician traders took their alphabet with them and it was adopted and adapted.
How are the Phoenician alphabet and Coneiform writing different?
Phoenician is an alphabet which forms syllables and words. Cuneiform is syllabic.
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.
