World Alphabets: Their Origin and Development |
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According adopted alphabets ancient Arabic Aramaic Assyria became beginning belonging birth bottom called capital century B. C. changes characters China Chinese column consonants countries created culture cursive dating deciphered Demotic developed disuse dynasty EARLY efforts Egyptian English Etruscan excavated given Greek HEBREW HIERATIC Hieroglyphic ideograms India inscription invented Island Italy King Kingdom known language Latin left to right letters living meaning middle modifications Mongolian North opposite Origin period Persian Phoenician phonetic values Pictograms picture prepared remained replaced right to left rock Romans Runes scholars script side signs sound South specimen speech started style symbols system of writing taken tone tribe unearthed upto vowels WEST written