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How did the Phoenician alphabet affect the Greek and Latin languages?
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It's because it made writing easier.
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What alphabet was Greek alphabet based on?
The Greek alphabet was based on the Phoenician alphabet.
What alphabet was the basis of the greek alphabet?
The Phoenician alphabet was the inspiration for the Greek alphabet.
What alphabet did the greek alphabet come from?
The Phoenician Alphabet
What did the Greek alphabet have that the Phoenician alphabet did not?
Vowels.
Why does the greek alphabet begin with a?
Because the Greek alphabet was adapted from Phoenician, which began with Alef. (Nobody knows why the Phoenician alphabet begins with that letter).
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.
What was the Greeks alphabet based on?
The Greek alphabet was based on the Phoenician alphabet.
How did the Greeks modify the Phoenician language?
The Greeks modified the Phoenician language by adding vowels to the consonant-based Phoenician alphabet. They also introduced modifications to the pronunciation and order of the letters. This resulted in the creation of the Greek alphabet, which became the foundation for many modern alphabets, including the Latin alphabet used in English and many other languages.
How does the Phoenician alphabet compare to the greek alphabet?
Phoenician - 22 letters, no vowels; Greek 16 letters including vowels.
Which ancient alphabet forms the basis for the majority of modern languages in use today?
The Phoenician alphabet, from which the Greek and Latin alphabets were developed.
What kind of alphabet do Greeks use?
The Greek alphabet, an evolution of the Phoenician. An evolution of the Greek alphabet was the Latin.
How does the Phoenician alphabet influence the world in the future?
The letter in the Phonecian alphabet were the base upon which the Greek alphabet was built. From the greek alphabet, the roman alphabet was formed. The ancient roman alphabet are the letters used in Latin, and all of the Romance languages (English, Frensh, Spanish, Italian, ect.) '
