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It was the first purely phonetic writing system in the history of humanity (as far as we know). It was an alphabet of only 22 letters, compared to the thousands of symbols required to read Egyptian or Sumerian.
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∙ 6y agoIt enabled communication and record keeping.
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∙ 11y agoIt was based on a type of writing that everyone already knew
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∙ 11y agoThe Phoenician alphabet was the first phonetic alphabet, and all other phonetic alphabets are derived from it.
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∙ 7y agoIt provided a simple and more accurate method of writing for communication and record keeping, compared with the clumsy and imprecise pictogram and syllabic writing systems.
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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 did the Phoenician alphabet not contain?
The Phoenician alphabet did not contain 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 was the Greeks alphabet based on?
The Greek alphabet was based on the Phoenician 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.
What were two important developments of Phoenician's?
Trading and inventing an alphabet.
What was the most important contributinn of the Phoenician civilization?
The alphabet we use today was based on the Phoenician alphabet system, passed to us via the Greek and Roman alphabets.
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.
What was the Phoenician's most important achievement?
Invention of an alphabet and astral navigation.
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}
How are the Phoenician alphabet and cuneiform same?
Those were very different. Cuneiform was hard to learn with many symbols. The Phoenician alphabet had 22 letters so it was easier to master.
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.
