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West Semitic people from the eastern coast of the Mediterranean (where Phoenician and Hebrew groups lived) are usually credited with developing the world's first alphabet.

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What culture developed the alphabet?

It depends on how you define "alphabet"The Egyptians were the first to create any form of phonetic symbol. They had an alphabet with 24 consonants that they mixed in with logo-grams (symbols representing whole words).The Phoenicians were the first to have an entirely phonetic-based writing system (an alphabet of 22 consonants).The Greeks were the first to have a full alphabet of both consonants and vowels.


How did the alphabet get started?

First, cunieform was created. It was made in an area in the middle east (Mesopotamia) which is now in Iraq. Then new languages developed like Phoenic and the Greek alphabet. Now, we have the Engllish alphabet!


Which country is the basis of your alphabet?

The alphabet is not based on a country. It is the Latin alphabet, developed by the ancient Romans.


Which carriers of civilization developed an alphabet and a trading network?

The Phoenicians were the carriers of civilization who developed an alphabet, as well as a trading network. Their written alphabet is the ancestor of the Greek and Roman alphabets.


Why was the cyrillic alphabet developed?

The Cyrillic alphabet was developed in the 10th century so that the newly christened inhabitants of the First Bulgarian Empire could write religious texts in an alphabet much better suited for their Slavic language. The Greek language had far fewer sounds than the Slavic dialects of the time, thus the Greek alphabet could not properly accommodate a Slavic language. Later, when other Slavic peoples converted to Christianity, they adopted this new Slavic alphabet.

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Who developed the first alphbet?

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How did the Greeks develop the alphabet?

the Greek alphabet was developed by a Greek with first hand experience of contemporary.


Why is -a- the first letter of the English alphabet?

The letter "A" is the first letter of the English alphabet because it is descended from the Phoenician letter "aleph," which was the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet. Over time, this letter was adopted by the Greeks as "alpha," and eventually made its way into the Latin alphabet as "A."


Who developed first alphabet?

The first recorded language is called Sanskrit, I think.


What pharaoh was responable for the first alphabet?

The first alphabet is not associated with any Pharaoh. It was developed by the Phoenicians, sometime before 1050 BCE.


Who is the creator of Arabic alphabet?

The Arabic Alphabet was not created by one person. It was a slow evolution from the Phoenician alphabet and developed in the Hejaz region in the early first millennium.


What culture developed the alphabet?

It depends on how you define "alphabet"The Egyptians were the first to create any form of phonetic symbol. They had an alphabet with 24 consonants that they mixed in with logo-grams (symbols representing whole words).The Phoenicians were the first to have an entirely phonetic-based writing system (an alphabet of 22 consonants).The Greeks were the first to have a full alphabet of both consonants and vowels.


What is one of Greece's major accomplishments?

They developed the worlds first democracy.


Who developed the worlds first IQ test?

Alfred Binet in 1904


What describes cuneiform?

The worlds first writing system, developed in Sumer.


Is true that under Peisistratus rule Athens developed the worlds first democracy?

no


Who and when did they developed the alphabet?

The ancient Phoenicians developed 30 signs to create the Semitic alphabet in 1600 BC. This alphabet is considered to be the foundation of almost all alphabets that would follow. The Greeks developed their own version of this alphabet in 1000 BC to create the Ionic alphabet. Later, the Romans adapted this to form their alphabet. This alphabet reached England in the 5th century. Almost 100 other languages were ultimately developed from the Roman alphabet.