Greek Alphabet

First alphabet with dedicated vowel letters, adapted from Phoenician script around the 8th century BCE.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Repurposed Phoenician consonant letters like aleph into vowels such as alpha.
• The word 'alphabet' comes from its first two letters, alpha and beta.
• Parent script of both the Latin and Cyrillic alphabets.

Specifications & Metrics

• TYPE: Alphabet