Greek alphabet

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alphabet script writing system

The Greek alphabet is an ancient writing system that originated in Greece and forms the basis of many modern European scripts, including the Latin alphabet.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Attic Greek alphabet	1
Delta (Greek letter) (shape of nearby river delta/railroad junction – commonly cited origin)	1
Greek Lambda	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	alphabet ⓘ script ⓘ writing system ⓘ
derivedFrom	Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
earliestAttestedCenturyBCE	8th century BCE ⓘ
hasCase	lowercase ⓘ uppercase ⓘ
hasDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
hasDistinctVowelLetters	true ⓘ
hasLetter	Alpha ⓘ Beta ⓘ Chi ⓘ Delta ⓘ Epsilon ⓘ Eta ⓘ Gamma ⓘ Iota ⓘ Kappa ⓘ Lambda ⓘ Mu ⓘ Nu ⓘ Omega ⓘ Omicron ⓘ Phi ⓘ Pi ⓘ Psi ⓘ Rho ⓘ Sigma ⓘ Tau ⓘ Theta ⓘ Upsilon ⓘ Xi ⓘ Zeta ⓘ
hasUppercaseAndLowercase	true ⓘ
hasVariant	Greek alphabet self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Attic Greek alphabet Ionic Greek ⓘ surface form: Ionic Greek alphabet
influenced	Coptic script ⓘ surface form: Coptic alphabet Cyrillic script ⓘ surface form: Cyrillic alphabet Runic alphabet ⓘ surface form: Gothic alphabet Latin alphabet ⓘ
numberOfLetters	24 ⓘ
numericSystem	Greek numerals ⓘ
originatedIn	Greece ⓘ
predecessor	Linear B inscriptions ⓘ surface form: Linear B script
scriptFamily	Greek scripts ⓘ
standardizedIn	Classical period of ancient Greece ⓘ
usedAs	fraternity and sorority names ⓘ mathematical symbols ⓘ scientific symbols ⓘ
usedFor	writing Classical Greek ⓘ writing Modern Greek ⓘ
writingSystemOf	Greek language ⓘ
writingSystemType	alphabetic ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Phoenician alphabet → ancestorOf → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Phoenician language → ancestorOf → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Proto-Canaanite script → ancestorOf → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Bruttians → coinageScript → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Old Nubian script (historically) → containsBorrowedLettersFrom → Greek alphabet ⓘ

subject surface form: Old Nubian script

Coptic script → derivedFrom → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Etruscan alphabet → derivedFrom → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Etruscan language → derivedScriptFrom → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Byzantine poetry → hasScript → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Septuagint → hasScript → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Greek alphabet → hasVariant → Greek alphabet self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attic Greek alphabet

Classical Greece → hasWritingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Cretan Greek → hasWritingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Greek language → hasWritingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Ionic Greek → hasWritingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Egyptian hieroglyphs → influenced → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Paleo-Latin alphabet → influencedBy → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Omega → isFinalLetterOf → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Delta, Utah, United States → namedAfter → Greek alphabet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta (Greek letter) (shape of nearby river delta/railroad junction – commonly cited origin)

New Testament → originalScript → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Lamed → relatedToLetter → Greek alphabet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Lambda

Copts → scriptOrigin → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Gela → usedAlphabet → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Rhegion → usedAlphabet → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Rhegium → usedAlphabet → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Coptic language → usesScriptDerivedFrom → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Aeolic Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Ancient Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Byzantine Empire → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Cappadocian Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Doric Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Gaulish → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Greeks → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Hellenic languages → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Katharevousa → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Lemnian language → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Medieval Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Megleno-Romanian → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Modern Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Northwest Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Parthian Empire → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Patras → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Pontic Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Trikala → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Tsakonian → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ