Greek alphabet

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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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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)

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Phoenician alphabet ancestorOf Greek alphabet
Phoenician language ancestorOf Greek alphabet
Proto-Canaanite script ancestorOf Greek alphabet
Bruttians coinageScript 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