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Alphabet History
The history of the alphabet began in Ancient Egypt. The first consonantal alphabet was found in 2,000 BCE to represent the language of Semitic workers in Egypt. It was influenced by the principles of the Egyptian writing script.
707 Questions
It was formed by a genius at Namco. He later said that,"I was eating at Micky's Pizza an American pizza place (because Japanese pizza is not real tasty) ,and I had eaten a slice
and there it was the character I was looking for, cute and edible."
The letter "A" is a letter in the English alphabet and the letter "A" is also used for grading purposes in schools for teachers to mark your papers as a high mark.
What is the second most used letter of the alphabet?
"E" is the most used letter in the alphabet followed by "T" as the second
How many letters In the alphabet if you halved it and halved it again?
Two. Alphabet = 8 Half of it = 4 Half of 4 = 2
Could you show me all the countries by alphabet?
A
Abkhazia - Republic of Abkhazia[5]
Afghanistan - Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Akrotiri and Dhekelia - Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK overseas territory)
Åland - Åland Islands (Autonomous province of Finland)
Albania - Republic of Albania
Algeria - People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
American Samoa - Territory of American Samoa (US territory)
Andorra - Principality of Andorra
Angola - Republic of Angola
Anguilla (UK overseas territory)
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina - Argentine Republic[12]
Armenia - Republic of Armenia & Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh)
Aruba (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Ascension Island (Dependency of the UK overseas territory of Saint Helena)
Australia - Commonwealth of Australia
Austria - Republic of Austria
Azerbaijan - Republic of Azerbaijan[13] B
Bahamas, The - Commonwealth of The Bahamas
Bahrain - Kingdom of Bahrain
Bangladesh - People's Republic of Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus - Republic of Belarus
Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium
Belize
Benin - Republic of Benin
Bermuda (UK overseas territory)
Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan
Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina[14]
Botswana - Republic of Botswana
Brazil - Federative Republic of Brazil
Brunei - Negara Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria - Republic of Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burma - Union of Myanmar
Burundi - Republic of Burundi C
Cambodia - Kingdom of Cambodia
Cameroon - Republic of Cameroon
Canada[15]
Cape Verde - Republic of Cape Verde
Cayman Islands (UK overseas territory)
Central African Republic[16]
Chad - Republic of Chad
Chile - Republic of Chile
China - People's Republic of China[17]
For "China, Republic of", see Taiwan
Christmas Island - Territory of Christmas Island (Australian overseas territory)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australian overseas territory)
Colombia - Republic of Colombia
Comoros - Union of the Comoros
Congo - Democratic Republic of the Congo[18]
Congo - Republic of the Congo[19]
Cook Islands (Associated state of New Zealand)
Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire - Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia - Republic of Croatia
Cuba - Republic of Cuba
Cyprus - Republic of Cyprus[20]
Czech Republic[21] D
Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark
For "Dhekelia", see Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Djibouti - Republic of Djibouti
Dominica - Commonwealth of Dominica
Dominican Republic E
East Timor - Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador
Egypt - Arab Republic of Egypt
El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea - Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea - State of Eritrea
Estonia - Republic of Estonia
Ethiopia - Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia F
Falkland Islands (UK overseas territory)[22]
Faroe Islands (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of Denmark)
Fiji - Republic of the Fiji Islands
Finland - Republic of Finland
France - French Republic
French Polynesia (French overseas collectivity) G
Gabon - Gabonese Republic
Gambia, The - Republic of The Gambia
Georgia[23]
Germany - Federal Republic of Germany
Ghana - Republic of Ghana
Gibraltar (UK overseas territory)
Greece - Hellenic Republic
Greenland (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of Denmark)
Grenada
Guam - Territory of Guam (US organized territory)
Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala
Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey (British Crown dependency)[24]
Guinea - Republic of Guinea
Guinea-Bissau - Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Guyana - Co-operative Republic of Guyana H
Haiti - Republic of Haiti
Honduras - Republic of Honduras
Hong Kong - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (Area of special sovereignty)[25]
Hungary - Republic of Hungary I
Iceland - Republic of Iceland
India - Republic of India
Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia
Iran - Islamic Republic of Iran
Iraq - Republic of Iraq
Ireland - Ireland[26]
Isle of Man (British Crown dependency)
Israel - State of Israel
Italy - Italian Republic
For "Ivory Coast", see Côte d'Ivoire J
Jamaica
Japan
Jersey - Bailiwick of Jersey (British Crown dependency)
Jordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan K
Kazakhstan - Republic of Kazakhstan
Kenya - Republic of Kenya
Kiribati - Republic of Kiribati
Korea, North - Democratic People's Republic of Korea[27]
Korea, South - Republic of Korea[28]
Kosovo - Republic of Kosovo[4]
Kuwait - State of Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz Republic[29] L
Laos - Lao People's Democratic Republic
Latvia - Republic of Latvia
Lebanon - Republic of Lebanon
Lesotho - Kingdom of Lesotho
Liberia - Republic of Liberia
Libya - Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein
Lithuania - Republic of Lithuania
Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg M
Macao - Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (Area of special sovereignty)[30]
Macedonia - Republic of Macedonia[31]
Madagascar - Republic of Madagascar
Malawi - Republic of Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives - Republic of Maldives
Mali - Republic of Mali
Malta - Republic of Malta
Marshall Islands - Republic of the Marshall Islands
Mauritania - Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Mauritius - Republic of Mauritius
Mayotte - Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte (French overseas collectivity)
Mexico - United Mexican States
Micronesia - Federated States of Micronesia
Moldova - Republic of Moldova[32]
Monaco - Principality of Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat (UK overseas territory)
Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco[33]
Mozambique - Republic of Mozambique
For "Myanmar", see Burma N
Nagorno-Karabakh - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh)[8]
Namibia - Republic of Namibia
Nauru - Republic of Nauru
Nepal - Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands[34]
Netherlands Antilles (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
New Caledonia - Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies (French community sui generis)
New Zealand
Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua
Niger - Republic of Niger
Nigeria - Federal Republic of Nigeria
Niue (Associated state of New Zealand)
Norfolk Island - Territory of Norfolk Island (Australian overseas territory)
Northern Cyprus - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus[7]
Northern Mariana Islands - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US commonwealth)
For "North Korea", see Korea, North
Norway - Kingdom of Norway O
Oman - Sultanate of Oman P
Pakistan - Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Palau - Republic of Palau
Palestine - Palestinian Territories[35]
Panama - Republic of Panama
Papua New Guinea - Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay
For "People's Republic of China", see China
Peru - Republic of Peru
Philippines - Republic of the Philippines
Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands (UK overseas territory)
Poland - Republic of Poland
Portugal - Portuguese Republic
For "Pridnestrovie", see Transnistria
Puerto Rico - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (US commonwealth) Q
Qatar - State of Qatar R
Romania
Russia - Russian Federation
Rwanda - Republic of Rwanda S
Saint Barthélemy - Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy (French overseas collectivity)
Saint Helena (UK overseas territory)
Saint Kitts and Nevis - Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin - Collectivity of Saint Martin (French overseas collectivity)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French overseas collectivity)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa - Independent State of Samoa
San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe - Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Senegal - Republic of Senegal
Serbia - Republic of Serbia[36]
Seychelles - Republic of Seychelles
Sierra Leone - Republic of Sierra Leone
Singapore - Republic of Singapore
Slovakia - Slovak Republic
Slovenia - Republic of Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia[37] - Somali Republic
Somaliland - Republic of Somaliland[9]
South Africa - Republic of South Africa
For "South Korea", see Korea, South
South Ossetia - Republic of South Ossetia[6]
Spain - Kingdom of Spain
Sri Lanka - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Sudan - Republic of the Sudan
Suriname - Republic of Suriname
Svalbard (Territory of Norway)[38]
Swaziland - Kingdom of Swaziland
Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden
Switzerland - Swiss Confederation
Syria - Syrian Arab Republic T
Taiwan - Republic of China [39]
Tajikistan - Republic of Tajikistan
Tanzania - United Republic of Tanzania
Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand
For "Timor-Leste", see East Timor
Togo - Togolese Republic
Tokelau (Overseas territory of New Zealand)
Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga
Transnistria - Transnistrian Moldovan Republic[10]
Trinidad and Tobago - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Tristan da Cunha (Dependency of the UK overseas territory of Saint Helena)
Tunisia - Tunisian Republic
Turkey - Republic of Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK overseas territory)
Tuvalu U
Uganda - Republic of Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United States - United States of America
Uruguay - Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Uzbekistan - Republic of Uzbekistan V
Vanuatu - Republic of Vanuatu
Vatican City - State of the Vatican City[2]
Venezuela - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Vietnam - Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Virgin Islands, British - British Virgin Islands (UK overseas territory)
Virgin Islands, United States - United States Virgin Islands (US organized territory) W
Wallis and Futuna - Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands (French overseas collectivity)
Western Sahara - Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[40] Y
Yemen - Republic of Yemen Z
For "Zaire", see Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zambia - Republic of Zambia
Zimbabwe - Republic of Zimbabwe
What is the widest letter in the alphabet?
There is no single answer to which is the widest letter, as it depends what you font you are using, but in many fonts, it is usually either capital M or capital W.
In the font Arial, W is the widest letter, with the widest lowercase letter being m. Monospaced fonts (eg. Courier) will have all letters the same width.
Historically, M was considered to be the widest letter, and the "em" unit in typography originated from this.
It could also depend on if you mean handwritten, as then it could depend on the person's handwriting.
What is the origin of the letter Q?
Q came from the Greek letter Qoppa which came from the Phonician letter Qof.
What are the letters in the Italian alphabet?
a b c d e f g h i l m n o p q r s t u v z pronunciation- a bi ci di e effe gi acca e elle emme enne o pi qu erre esse ti u vu zeta
How many letters are there in the Russian Cyrillic alphabet?
The modern Russian alphabet is a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet and contains 33 letters.
What are the most popular letters in alphabet?
LetterFrequencya11.602%b4.702%c3.511%d2.670%e2.000%f3.779%g1.950%h7.232%i6.286%j0.631%k0.690%l2.705%m4.374%n2.365%o6.264%p2.545%q0.173%r1.653%s7.755%t16.671%u1.487%v0.619%w6.661%x0.005%y1.620%z0.050%
How did the alphabet originate?
The first semi-phonetic writing system was a set of 24 symbols used in Egyptian Hieroglyphics.
The Phoenicians were the first to use only phonetic symbols. They had an alphabet of 22 consonants, but the vowels were not written.
The Greeks were the first use us phonetic symbols for all the sounds of a language (the first pure alphabet)
What is the second widest letter?
In the majority of fonts, this is either the capital W or capital M.
Historically M is the widest making W usually the second widest, but in popular fonts like Arial, W is the widest and M is the second widest.
The Runic alphabets were used by various Germanic peoples until about700- 750 AD, when most of them adopted the Roman alphabet. It remained in use in Sweden for considerably longer. in other words it was the Vikings writing system
How many uppercase letters in the alphabet are asymmetrical?
If you mean horizontally asymmetrical there are 15: BCDEFGJKLNPQRSZ
If you mean vertically asymmetrical there are 17: AFGJLMNPQRSTUVWYZ
Depends on which Alphabet you are talking about:
English: W
Spanish: S
Greek: ?
Hebrew: (doesn't exist, there are only 22 letters)
Russian: X
What does the alpha symbol look like?
Alpha symbol is the letter a.
Greek letter alpha can't be displayed here. See link below.
By symbols from older languages such as Hebrew and Egyptian changing and morphing. Look at the "Naked Archaeoligist" episode on Alphabet. (it has nothing to do with nudity)
ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna) is an armed Basque separatist group.
Eta (Η, η), is the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet
Dedekind eta function (Math), a complex function defined in the upper plane.
Dirichlet eta function (Math), an entire complex function.
Eicosatetraenoic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid
ETA - Empresa de Transporte Aéreo, a defunct Brazilian Airline
ETA SA, a Swiss watchmaking company
ETA Systems, defunct manufacturer of ETA10 supercomputers
ETA a. s., a Czech manufacturer of electronic apparel
Electronics Technicians Association, a not-for-profit professional association of electronics technicians
Electronic Transactions Association, an international trade association representing companies who offer electronic transaction processing products and services
Electronic Travel Authority, Australian electronic visa
Employment and Training Administration, a branch of the US Department of Labor
Engineering and Technology Academy, a magnet school located in San Antonio, Texas
Environmental Transport Association, a British breakdown and road rescue company
Eric the Actor, a member of The Howard Stern Show's Wack Pack
Estimated Time of Arrival, a measure of when a vehicle or data packet is expected to arrive (or "Expected/Estimated Time to Achieve")
Ethiopian Teachers' Association, a trade union representing teachers in Ethiopia
Ethiopian Telecommunication Agency, an agency that regulates the telecommunication sector of Ethiopia
Evangelical Theological Association, an associated teaching institute of the Australian Melbourne College of Divinity
Excise Tax Act, the governing legislation for Canada's Goods and Services Tax
Exercise Triggered Allergy, an allergy that only occurs when you exercise after eating the allergen.
Evolutionary Terminology Auditing, a novel methodology to assess the quality of terminologies using reality as benchmark
ETA, an internet acronym for "edited to add".
ETA, a programming language based on ETAOIN SHRDLU.
Eta may also refer to:
Eta Aircraft eta, a very high performance German glider
Eta Carinae, a highly luminous hypergiant double star
Eta conversion or η-conversion, the idea of extensionality in lambda calculus
Eta meson, in particle physics, a strongly interacting boson
A derogatory term used by the Japanese to refer to the Burakumin in the feudal era
A
Early written symbols were based on pictographs (pictures which resemble what they signify) and ideograms (symbols which represent ideas). Ancient Chinese, Sumerian, and Egyptian civilizations began to use such symbols over 5000 years ago, developing them into logographic writing systems around the third millennium BCE. Pictographs are still in use as the main medium of written communication in some non-literate cultures in Africa, The Americas, and Oceania. Pictographs are often used as simple, pictorial, representational symbols by most contemporary cultures.Ojibwa pictographs on cliff-face at Agawa Rock, Lake Superior Provincial Park
Pictographs can often transcend languages in that they can communicate to speakers of a number of tongues and language families equally effectively, even if the languages and cultures are completely different. This is why road signs and similar pictographic material are often applied as global standards expected to be understood by nearly all.
Pictographs can also take the form of diagrams to represent statistical data by pictorial forms, and can be varied in color, size, or number to indicate change.
Pictographs can be considered an art form, and are designated as such in Pre-Columbian art, Native American art, and Painting in the Americas before Colonization. One example of many is the Rock art of the Chumash people, part of the Native American history of California. In 2011, UNESCO World Heritage adds to its list a new site "Petroglyphs Complexes of the Mongolian Altai, Mongolia"[2] to celebrate the importance of the pictograms engraved in rocks.
Some scientists in the field of neuropsychiatry and neuropsychology, such as Prof. Dr. Mario Christian Meyer, are studying the symbolic meaning of indigenous pictograms and petroglyphs,[3] aiming to create new ways of communication between native people and modern scientists to safeguard and valorize their cultural diversity.[4]
Modern usePictographs remain in common use today, serving as pictorial, representational signs, instructions, or statistical diagrams. Because of their graphical nature and fairly realistic style, they are widely used to indicate public toilets, or places such as airports and train stations.A standard set of pictographs was defined in the international standard ISO 7001: Public Information Symbols. Another common set of pictographs are the laundry symbols used on clothing tags and chemical hazard labels.
Pictographic writing as a modernist poetic technique is credited to Ezra Pound, though French surrealists accurately credit the Pacific Northwest American Indians of Alaska who introduced writing, via totem poles, to North America.[5]
Contemporary artist Xu Bing created Book from the Ground, a universal language made up of pictograms collected from around the world. A Book from the Ground chat program has been exhibited in museums and galleries internationally. There is a Book from the Ground Wiki currently in development that needs public participation in development. The wiki will be a continually growing database of pictogram used in the chat program
What do the letters HB stand for when relating to pencils?
H stands for Hard B stands for Black Pencils are graded according to hardness of the lead or softness. Example: 3H is very hard 2H is quite hard, but less hard than 3H H is hard HB is middle B is softer than HB B2 is softer still 3B is very soft almost like a charcoal
Answer O is a letter when say O by its self it usually means that they are shocked or surprised about something.
Where did the alphabet come from?
Our alphabet came from Latin, which came from the Greek alphabet, which came the ancient alphabet used by Semites.
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