The Phoenicians.
The Greeks did not invent the alphabet. The alphabet was invented by the Phoenicians; the Greeks merely adapted the Phoenician alphabet to their own language.The Phoenician alphabet was originally a syllabary, but because of sound changes in the language it evolved into an alphabet.
The Greek alphabet was based on the Phoenician alphabet.
the alphabet
The Phoenician alphabet from which the Greeks developed a "true" alphabet, which consists of both vowels andconsonants.
Greeks
The Greeks had their own proper alphabet (the first of its kind) as attested by Linear A and Linear B which predates all other alphabets and which it introduced to others. Because of an error by Herodotus it was thought that the Greeks had adopted their alphabet from the Phoenicians but this has been proven to be wrong and the other way around.
The Greeks had their own proper alphabet (the first of its kind) as attested by Linear A and Linear B which predates all other alphabets and which it introduced to others. Because of an error by Herodotus it was thought that the Greeks had adopted their alphabet from the Phoenicians but this has been proven to be wrong and the other way around.
While the Egyptians were the first to create a written language, it was the Greeks who invented the first alphabet.
The Phoenicians introduced the first use of the alphabet. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ NOW I KNOW MY ABC'S........ OK you get it! The Phoenicians introduced the first use of the alphabet. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ NOW I KNOW MY ABC'S........ OK you get it!
The Greeks modified the Phoenician language by adding vowels to the consonant-based Phoenician alphabet. They also introduced modifications to the pronunciation and order of the letters. This resulted in the creation of the Greek alphabet, which became the foundation for many modern alphabets, including the Latin alphabet used in English and many other languages.
They introduced the Alphabet!
the Phoenicians made an alphabet that the Greeks adopted and changed a little.
The Greeks did not invent the alphabet. The alphabet was invented by the Phoenicians; the Greeks merely adapted the Phoenician alphabet to their own language.The Phoenician alphabet was originally a syllabary, but because of sound changes in the language it evolved into an alphabet.
The Greek alphabet was based on the Phoenician alphabet.
the alphabet
The Phoenician alphabet from which the Greeks developed a "true" alphabet, which consists of both vowels andconsonants.
yes ******* The Greeks derived the alphabet from the Phoenicians and they adapted it in their own needs.