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Epic Interactive Encyclopedia, The - 1998 Edition (1998)(Epic Marketing).iso
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The alphabet is a set of conventional symbols
used for writing, based on a correlation
between individual symbols and spoken sounds,
so called from alpha (a) and beta (b), the
names of the first two letters of the
classical Greek alphabet. The earliest known
alphabet is from Palestine, from about the
year 1700 BC. Each letter of the alphabets
descended from Greek represents a particular
sound or sounds, usually grouped into
vowels (a, e, i, o, u, in the English version
of the Roman alphabet), consonants (b, p, d,
t, and so on) and semivowels (w, y).
Subject by: Vince Pike