The history of the alphabet started in ancient Egypt. By the 27th century BC Egyptian writing had a set of some 24 hieroglyphs which are called uniliterals.
The English word alphabet came into Middle English from the Late Latin word alphabet, from alpha and beta, the first two letters of the Greek alphabet.
The name alphabet comes from Aleph and Beth, the first two letters in the Phoenician alphabet. The alphabet in this article is the Roman alphabet.
Having an interest within Greek and Roman history I decided it would be interesting to place some form of shape or symbol that represented the alphabet in the ancient period within my booklet.
Hieroglyphs were a formal writing system used by the ancient Egyptians that combined logographic and alphabetic elements.
Languages: Egyptian language
Time period: 3500 BCE - 400 CE
Parent systems: Egyptian hieroglyphs,
Proto writing.
Phoenician alphabet contains 22 letters, this system proceeded on from the Egyptian alphabet and became one of the most widely used writing system.
Languages: Phoenician
Time period: 1200 - 150 BC
Parent systems: Egyptian hieroglyphs,
Proto - Sinaitic
Phoenician alphabet.
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