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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

What are the three alphabets of Japan?

Japanese has no alphabet. It uses two syllabaries (Katakana, Hiragana), and about 2000 Chinese characters (Kanji).

What is the fourth letter in the Greek alphabet?

The Third letter of the Greek alphabet is Γ,γ (gamma/γάμμα) which is proportional to the English letter G,g.

What is the old greek alphabet with 27 letters?

Its the same as the modern with 3 more letters : στ, ϟ, ϡ.

What is the 23rd letter in the greek alphabet?

The 23rd of the 24 letters of the Greek Alphabet is psi. It is written uppercase Ψ, lowercase ψ, and the Greek name for the letter is ψι.

What is the birthplace of Phoenician alphabet?

in byblos lebanon,

in lebanon

Around 1200 B.C, the scribes of Byblos developed an alphabetic phonetic script, the precursor of our modern alphabet. By 800 B.C., it had traveled to Greece, changing forever the way man communicated. the earliest form of the Phoenician alphabet found to date is the inscription on the sarcophagus of King Ahiram of Byblos.

How many different HDD?

1. IDE Hard Disk

2. SATA Hard Disk

3. SCSI Hard Disk

4. Ultra SCSI Hard Disk

Is beta the last letter in the Greek alphabet?

NO!!! 'Beta' is the second letter of the Classical Greek alphabet.

The last letter is 'Omega'.

NB THe word 'alohabet' comes from the fact that first two letter of the Classical Greek alphabet are 'ALPHA ,& BETa'.

Omega is the letter of the greek alphabet?

omega = ω ~ w ~ m (upside-down)

Also an obsolete form of pi = π is like an omega with a short line above.

See link for "Variant pi"

What do the letter SF stand for?

SF can stand ussually stands for Small forward. It can stand for strong forward in certain areas. either way it is a forward.

Can someone show me the Arabic alphabet script translated with the English alphabet?

The arabic alphabet really does not have any vowels. Vowels are added with accent marks above and below the letters:

A : أ

B : ب

C : --

D : د

E : ÙŠ

F : ف

G : ج (In some dialects, ق or غ is used for G)

H : هـ

I : --

J : (in most dialects, ج is used for J instead of hard G)

K : Ùƒ

L: Ù„

M : Ù…

N : Ù†

O : Ùˆ

P : --

Q : --

R : ر

S : س

T : ت

U : --

V : --

W : Ùˆ

X : --

Y :ÙŠ

Z : ز

(--) this means that there is no Arabic letter for this English letter :)

There are also these Arabic letters that have NO equivalent English letter:

ث ح خ ذ ص ض ط ظ ع غ ق

What is the alphabet on a touch-tone phone?

For most modern phones:

2 ABC

3 DEF

4 GHI

5 JKL

6 MNO

7 PQRS

9 TUV

9 WXYZ

Where does w fall in the greek alphabet?

The Greek alphabet does not contain the letter "W" , closest approximate is Upsilon.

The alphabet is:

alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, digamma, stigma, zeta, heta, eta, theta, iota, yot, kappa, lamda, mu, nu, xi, omicron, pi, san, koppa, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, psi, omega, sampi, sho

Source:

list of all symbols tagged *GREEK*LETTER* in allkeys.txt on Unicode website

What is the second letter in the Greek alphabet?

The second letter of the Greek alphabet is beta. It is written as uppercase Β, lowercase β, internal ϐ, and its Greek name is Βήτα.

Who adopted the Phoenicians alphabet?

The Greeks and Romans modified it for their own use, and passed those alphabets down to us today.

Which letters of the alphabet are polygons?

It depends on the alphabet:

  • Latin = NONE
  • Greek = Δ
  • Cyrillic = NONE
  • Hebrew = ם (depending on the font)
  • Arabic = NONE
  • Korean = NONE


There are also a few chinese characters that can loosely be described as polygons, such as: 凸凹口囗

What alphabets were in use in Europe more than 2000 years ago?

The greek one... as it was the world's powerforce (before the common era - to limit the timespace). And of course the latin alphabet... we use it still today.

Some sign alphabets were used too, longer in the north than in the south, due to the territory of influence the Romans had.

How many countries start with a consonant?

· California

· Colorado

· Connecticut

· Delaware

· Florida

· Georgia

· Hawaii

· Kansas

· Kentucky

· Louisiana

· Maine

· Maryland

· Massachusetts

· Michigan

· Minnesota

· Mississippi

· Missouri

· Montana

· Nebraska

· Nevada

· New Hampshire

· New Jersey

· New Mexico

· New York

· North Carolina

· North Dakota

· Pennsylvania

· Rhode Island

· South Carolina

· South Dakota

· Tennessee

· Texas

· Vermont

· Virginia

· Washington

· West Virginia

· Wisconsin

· Wyoming

What is the importance of roman alphabet?

The Romans used the Latin alphabet. This alphabet became the alphabet of western European languages. J, u and w were added later. Some languages added further letters, and some other ones eliminated same letters.

How did 'A' become the first letter of our alphabet?

The Better Answer

The alphabet came from the 'A´lef-Beyhth, the alphabet divised by ancient semites first letter was A´lef the father our letter A.

Answer

A is the 1st letter in the series of alphabets.

What were the last three letters added to the alphabet?

In De Argumentis Scientiarum (1623), Francis Bacon states “much more twenty-four, which is the number of letters in our alphabet,” after which in an enumeration he indicates that those letters do not include the modern “j” & “u,” while “w” is listed.