Why does the Greek alphabet only have 24 letters?
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Why does the Greek alphabet only have 24 letters?
The Greek Alphabet:
Out of all of the inventions created by the ancient Greeks, their alphabet was amongst the most important. This is because the Greek alphabet was the model on which other alphabets were created, including the one that we use today to write English.
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View this answerThe 24 letters of the Greek alphabet are sufficient to represent the sounds of the ancient Greek language. In other words, no additional letters were...
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Chapter 2 / Lesson 3The world's major written languages use different letters, characters, symbols, and diacritics to communicate meaning. Explore the origins of writing, discover how human beings learn to use it, and examine the most common characteristics of the world's major written languages.