A comparative study of the world's major writing systems
Preface to The Origin of the Greek Alphabet
The birth of the Greek alphabet in the first quarter of the first millennium BC marks a milestone in the development of the writing systems of mankind. A new type of writing system suited to the phonological structures of Greek and many other European languages had been invented by the Greeks at the latest by the eighth century BC. Continue reading “Preface to The Origin of the Greek Alphabet : A New Perspective”
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11 The Phoenician way to write a Greek name
As mentioned earlier, it is commonly agreed that the Greeks learnt the alphabet from the Phoenicians. However, despite this consensus about the provenance of the Greek alphabet from the Phoenician signs, scholars differ greatly on when and how the Greeks used the Phoenician signs to write Greek. Continue reading “Section 11 of The Origin of the Greek Alphabet : A New Perspective”
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