0
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
Why doesn't Japan have the letters Q U Y Z?
Because the Japanese spoken language is not based on the Latin alphabet, but rather a specific syllabary that make up 50 syllables (in which the ordering is referred to as gojū-on [五十音], similar to how the rest of the world spell their ABCs, but in Japanese, the order is in A-I-U-E-O). For written scripts it would reflect that in two different styles: hiragana and katakana. In addition, Chinese ideographs (also referred to as kanji [漢字]) are also used in conjunction with the aforementioned for specific terms (e.g. certain nouns and verbs) to complete a sentence.
What is importance of the Phoenician alphabet?
It provided a much superior alternative to the cumbersome and inaccurate pictograms and syllabic writings, was adapted for Greek and Latin, and so the basis for today's alphabets.
What letter is the first valve?
The first valve of the heart is commonly referred to as the "tricuspid valve." It is located between the right atrium and the right ventricle, allowing blood to flow from the atrium to the ventricle while preventing backflow. The tricuspid valve plays a crucial role in the heart's function during the cardiac cycle.
Four-digit number which might be found near the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet?
the fourth letter of the greek alphabet is ''δ'' upper case ''Δ'' which in ancient greek was the number 4. If it was written like this '',δ'' or '',Δ'' it was the number 4000.
Is there a letter z in the greek alphabet?
There is a zeta in the Greek alphabet but it is only the sixth letter. The letter omega occupies the last letter in the Greek alphabet much the same way z is the last letter of the English alphabet.
What is the 60th letter in the alphabet?
There is no alphabet with 60 letters, although some languages have abugidas and syllabaries with 60 or more characters.
What are the rules for using C or K?
The C and K generally makes the same sound but for which one to use depends on the following letters. If the following letter is E, I or Y, then we use a K instead because if we use a C, the following letters would soften the C into an S sound. If the following letter is anything else, then we can use a C, because it'll remain a hard C and this is quite usual to use.
Things doesn't always follow the rules and there are some rule-breaker exceptions. Sometimes, we use a K although the following letters won't soften the C like "karma", "krill", "krypton", "koala", "kosher", "Korea", "kangaroo", "Kansas", etc. The K is generally used if the following letters would soften the C, otherwise we would use a C instead.
Difference of international phoenetic alphabet to filipino alphabet?
The Filipino alphabet contains 28 letters only represents the sound of Tagalog (and various other dialects), plus some extra letters for writing English and Spanish loan words.
IPA has 107 letters and 50 diacritics, used to represent the sounds of any natural human language on the planet.
What is the eighth greek letter called?
Θ , θ.
ΘΗΤΑ (Theeta), pronounced just like "th" in the English (of Greek origin) words: Anthem, Prosthetics.
Why there is no vowels in Phoenician alphabet?
The reason there were no vowels created in the Phoenician alphabet was because the consonants already had a vowel sound incorporated in each consonant symbol, therefore they did not need separate vowels.
Does the Celtic alphabet contain ascenders and descenders?
There is no Celtic alphabet. All Celtic languages (Irish, Welsh, Manx, etc.) use variations of the Latin alphabet, since they were first written, around the 6th Century CE.
-- True, BUT Celtic lettering is distinctive (as are many other regional forms, such as German Fraktur).
If you look in "Related links" at the linked graphic of the Gaelic alphabet, you'll see that it has both ascenders -- on B, H, and L -- and descenders -- on F, G, P, R (lowercase only), and S (lowercase only).
How did Tulsa get the nickname t-town?
Being an Englishman, i thought it might have something to do with high tea, don't you know, but apparently Tulsa is too uncouth (yes, i know you're going to look it up - you're American and i wouldn't expect you to know!) to have high teas.
As a guess, if Motown (Detroit) is called so because of the motor trade, is t-town so called because you are always '24 hours from Tulsa', so you always get there Tomorrow? or is it because of the Tampon industry? or does everyone there suffer from 'tourettes?'
----------------------------
Probably the same reason Knoxville is known as K-town.
The history of the alphabet started in ancient Egypt. By 2700 BCE Egyptian writing had a set of some 24 hieroglyphs which are called uniliterals, to represent syllables that begin with a single consonant of their language, plus a vowel (or no vowel) to be supplied by the native speaker. These glyphs were used as pronunciation guides for logograms, to write grammatical inflections, and, later, to transcribe loan words and foreign names. But the Egyptians never used these "letters" by themselves; they were always mixed in with pictograms, symbols representing whole words.
The first phonetic alphabet was invented by the Phoenicians, sometime before 1050 BCE.
The letters in the English alphabet are a mix of ancient rune characters and various Greek and Latin characters. It took over 1500 years to arrive at our modern English alphabet.
Early Christian leaders in Old English times tried to forbid using runes because they were of pagan origin, but the characters fit the language, so they were used anyway. Greek and Latin contributed more letters than any other source.
What are some eight letter words with 2nd letter A and 3rd letter R and 5th letter I?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 145 words with the pattern -AR-I---. That is, eight letter words with 2nd letter A and 3rd letter R and 5th letter I. In alphabetical order, they are:
barbican
barbicel
barbital
bardiest
bardisms
barkiest
barmiest
barniest
barricos
barriers
barriest
barrings
bartisan
bartizan
carbides
carbines
carbinol
cardiacs
cardigan
cardinal
cardings
cardioid
carditic
carditis
carlines
carlings
carmines
carniest
carnifex
carnival
carpings
carriage
carriers
carriole
carrions
carritch
carvings
darlings
darnings
earliest
earnings
earpicks
earpiece
earrings
earwiggy
farcical
farcings
fardings
farmings
farriers
farriery
farsides
garcinia
garlicky
garpikes
garrigue
garrison
hardiest
harlings
harmines
harpings
harpists
harridan
harriers
jarrings
karaisms
kartings
lardiest
larkiest
larmiers
larniest
larrigan
larrikin
mardiest
marginal
margined
markings
marliest
marlines
marlings
marlites
marlitic
marmites
marriage
marrieds
marriers
martials
martians
martinet
martinis
marzipan
narcisms
narcissi
narcists
nargileh
nargiles
narkiest
pareiras
pargings
parkiest
parkings
parridge
parriers
parritch
parsings
partials
partible
particle
partiers
partings
partisan
partitas
partizan
parvises
sarcinae
sarcinas
sardined
sardines
sarkiest
sarkings
tardiest
tarriers
tarriest
tarrings
tarsiers
tarsioid
tarsiped
tartiest
tartines
varmints
varnishy
varyings
warbiest
wardings
warlings
warmings
warnings
warpings
warrigal
warriors
warrison
wartiest
wartimes
yardings
zarnichs
Who in society used the Cyrillic alphabet in the First Bulgarian Empire?
It was first used only by monks and priests.
