GREEK+ALPHABET

How did the Greek alphabet evolve? When did it first appear? How did it differ from previous written language systems? How is it related to the various writing systems in use today in Europe, America, and the regions across the world settled by Europeans and Americans?**
 * __DISCUSS THE GREEK ALPHABET AND ITS IMPORTANCE__

1.The Greeks borrowed(stole) most of their symbols form the Phoenicians and then modified the symbols.(dbe)

2.The Greek alphabet appeared around 800 BC. (dbe)

3.The Greek alphabet differed from previous written language systems because it was the first alphabet with a limited number of symbols (24) (aly)

4. The Greek alphabet incorporated vowels into its system of symbols. (cne)

5. The Greek alphabet has been modified to create the English alphabet which has 26 letters instead of 24. (zba)

6. Each symbol tracks a common sound that needs to be made to reproduce existing words in the Greek language. (kbe)

7. This alphabet is the first true alphabet in history (cca)

8. Phoenicians were Mediterranean Sea traders- who used symols to keep track of goods bought and sold. It was a pictographic system. (cca)

9. The Greek alphabet was created after the Greek Dark age, during which a large portion of writing was lost. The Greeks, who needed a systme of writing, developed the new system, which has been one of the most overarching and prevalent writing systems ever. (pgei)

10. The Phoenicians, Mediterranean Sea traders, went from port to port buying and selling goods. To keep track of everything coming in and out, they invented symbols which would later be stolen and modified from them by the Greeks. (mhu)

11. The word "alphabet" is made by combining the first and second letters of the greek one; Alpha and Beta. (jmo)

12. The Greek alphabet is made of altered pictographic symbols from other cultures. The Romans adapted the Greek alphabet for their Latin. Germanic tribes eventually began using traces of Latin, and the Anglo-Saxons brought it to modern-day England. (jmo)

13. The Greeks took symbols that were invented by the Phoenicians to keep track of inventory, they modified them by turning them upside down. They also added a specific sound that could be vocally reproduced to each letter. (bbr)

14. Each of the twenty four symbols represents a different sound that needs to be made to reproduce existing words in the spoken Greek language. (eboo)

15. A limited number of symbols lead to the spread of literacy in ancient Greece. (eboo)

16. Writing systems are always put into place to serve languages which had a long prior existance. (eboo)