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== The oldest and longest alphabet is the Egyptian alphabet with 45 letters. The Cambodian alphabet has 74 characters. The International Phonetic Alphabet has more: "As of 2007, there are 107 distinct letters and 56 http://www.answers.com/topic/diacritic and http://www.answers.com/topic/prosody-linguistics in the IPA proper. Occasionally symbols are added, removed, or modified by the International Phonetic Association." http://www.answers.com/topic/international-phonetic-alphabet

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