Alphabet History

The letters AD stand for Anno Domini. The phrase Anno Domini is actually medieval Latin which means 'the year of Our Lord'.

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Romania uses the Latin Alphabet. When Romania changed from a Communist to a Western form of Government, it needed modern text books. Instead of creating an entire new set of textbooks, they simply adopted Italian text books and since Italian is so close to the Romanian language the students could use them without a problem.

A Mari usque ad Mare ("From Sea to Sea"), Canada's motto, was derived from Psalm 72:8, which reads in Latin "Et dominabitur a mari usque ad mare, et a flumine usque ad terminos terrae"

Basically it states that Canada is between two sea's. Canadians often modify their motto to be "From sea to sea to sea." as it is between the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic Oceans

Alphabetic writing systems are vastly easier to learn than hieroglyphics or syllable-based systems as the number of symbols is much more limited. If the language has a consistent spelling system, like Spanish or Finnish, then learning to read and write is even easier.

As for civilization and progress, one has to remember the alphabet was first used for keeping inventory and for commercial records. This has an obvious relationship with the development of complex systems of trade. As well as for monetary purposes, a simplified alphabet allowed communication between civilizations. The Rosetta Stone is a perfect example of that.

Yes, most people don't realize that part of Egyptian writing is phonetic.

Twenty-four uniliteral signs make up the so-called hieroglyphic alphabet. Egyptian hieroglyphic writing does not indicate vowels, just like Arabic and Hebrew.

There are also 2 other Egyptian Hieroglyphic alphabets: a bilateral one (each letter represents 2 sounds), and a trilateral one (each letter represents 3 sounds).

the latin alphabet. there is no official swiss written language, the language "swiss" is a dialect of german and is only spoken. all the letters are identical to the alphabet used in the english language, with the exception of the following letters: ä, ö, ü

The English alphabet is comprised of letters not words, so there isn't a fifth word. The 5th letter is 'e' and the fifth word in the dictionary will depend upon the dictionary you use.

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Irish society was pagan for thousands of years, but this changed in the early fifth century AD when Christan Missionaries including the legendary St. Patrick arrived. Christianity replaced the old Pagan religions by the year 600. These monks introduced the Roman Alphabet to what had been largely an oral culture. They wrote down part of the rich collection of traditional stories, legends and mythology, which might have been otherwise lost. Christian Missionaries brought the Roman Alphabet to them.

The last letter to be included in our alphabet was the letter J, which was established as part of the alphabet by 1634.

Before "J" was introduced "I" was used as both a consonant and a vowel

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The letter E comes before the letter F in the English Alphabet and this is the case for most Alphabets that contain Latin Alphabet symbols that are derived from Greek.

Because halfway through, YOUR MOM comes on a sleigh with Santa.

The 14th letter of the modern Greek alphabet is xi. It is written uppercase Ξ, lowercase ξ , and the Greek name for the letter is ξι.

They don't have one as such, it's just one huge collection of characters. They do have certain stroke (line) groups known as radicals which contribute to a character's meaning, though. Also, Chinese can be written in English characters known as pinyin, which shows the pronunciation.

the first is a beginning,while the second is a continuation. they're both written to the same person.

Hieroglyphics are drawings, commonly referred to as pictographs, while the alphabet are letters.

They established sea trade routes, which helped in the spread of ideas and goods

The ancient mercantile civilization of Phoenicia helped to spread civilization in ancient times primarily through its daring, far-ranging seafaring voyages. Motivated by trading interests above all, yet perhaps also spurred on by the desire to explore for its own sake, Phoenician traders were for many generations the "go-betweens" of older civilizations in the east and newer, rougher societies elsewhere in the Mediterranean and beyond. They carried trade goods, yet at the same time they carried technologies, ideas, and values from one point to another.

== 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

The number of sounds in the English language represented by the alphabet varies depending on the dialect of English you are talking about.

In Standard North American English, there are 44 sounds.

You pronounce phoenician like this: (FO-nee-see-an)