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Yes. Our alphabet is quite similar to the greek alphabet. In fact, the word Alphabet comes from "Alpha" and "Beta", the first two letters of the greek alphabet.
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How did the Egyptians writing system compare with the Mesopotamia system?
Egyptian hieroglyphs are pictographs that correspond the sound of the first syllable of the thing being depicted. Phoenician cuneiform writing uses abstract symbols to correspond with spoken sounds. The latter evolved into the Greek alphabet, then the Roman alphabet, and then into the modern Western alphabet.
How does the Phoenician alphabet compare to the greek alphabet?
Phoenician - 22 letters, no vowels; Greek 16 letters including vowels.
How did the Egyptian writing system compare with the Mesopotamia?
Egyptian hieroglyphs are pictographs that correspond the sound of the first syllable of the thing being depicted. Phoenician cuneiform writing uses abstract symbols to correspond with spoken sounds. The latter evolved into the Greek alphabet, then the Roman alphabet, and then into the modern Western alphabet.
What was in the Phoenician alphabet?
It was the first system of characters for phoenetic writing, on which Greek, Latin and modern European writing developed.
What advantages does a phonetic alphabet like Greek have over pictorial writing like hieroglyphics?
The advantages of a phonetic alphabet has is that it was less complicated to read and understand. Writings such as Chinese or hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt have thousands of different symbols that can be easily confused with others.
What was the greek alphabet and the importance of its study?
The Greek alphabet was not the first writing system, or even the first alphabet, but it was unique in its time because it was the first true alphabet in the narrowest sense of the word: it contained symbols that represented every possible sound in the language. Its importance stems from the fact that previous writing systems either didn't represent sounds at all (such as the pictograms of cuneiform or hieroglyphics), or only represented the consonants of the language (Phoenician and Hebrew). Greek represented consonants and vowels.
Were the Greek Egyptian and Hebrew languages used to compose the alphabet?
Not really, no. The First modern, fully alphabetic writing system (including vowels) was the Greek alphabet, which was inspired by the Phoenician alphabet, which only had consonants.
Why was the Greek alphabet invented?
The Greek alphabet was likely developed around the 8th century BCE to create a standardized writing system for the Greek language. This new system made it easier to record information, communicate, and preserve Greek literature and culture.
Is there a letter missing from the greek alphabet and the English alphabet?
No there are no missing letters from the Latin Alphabet for English. There are also no letters missing from the Greek Alphabet. Both alphabets are in tact.
Did the Phoenicians have a writing system?
Yes, and their alphabet formed the basis of the Greek and Roman alphabets and today's alphabets.
What are advantages to the Phoenician alphabet?
It allowed words to be accurately depicted, as opposed to the symbols of earlier systems which depicted syllables. Greek and Roman writing followed this system, and it is the basis of our alphabetic writing today.
What are delta symbols?
Delta is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 4. Letters that arose from Delta include the Latin D.
