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The following answer is slightly in error. The Egyptians did have a consonantal alphabet as part of their hieroglyphics, as early as 3200 BCE. They are considered the inventors of the Alphabet. The Phoenicians were the first to use a purely phonetic writing system.

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The Phoenicians had the first documented alphabet, created around 1000 BCE, although some scholars think there may have been earlier ones.

The word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, Alpha and Beta.

The Latin alphabet, used in English and most Western European languages, was invented by the Romans.

Chinese writing and Egyptian Hieroglyphics are not alphabets; they use characters to represent things rather than sounds. If you know what sound each letter of the Latin alphabet makes, you can read a word you don't know and still learn how it is pronounced, but a Chinese pictogram gives the reader no clue as to what word it represents.

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