Greek alphabet

E19401

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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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Greek alphabet canonical	117
Greek Iota	2
Attic Greek alphabet	1
Delta (Greek letter) (shape of nearby river delta/railroad junction – commonly cited origin)	1
Greek Lambda	1
Greek alphabet (for Bactrian)	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 (123)

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

Septuagint → hasScript → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Etruscan language → derivedScriptFrom → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Phoenician alphabet → ancestorOf → 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)

Medieval Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Ionic Greek → hasWritingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Modern Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Hellenic languages → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Copts → scriptOrigin → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Byzantine Empire → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Paleo-Latin alphabet → influencedBy → Greek alphabet ⓘ

New Testament → originalScript → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Megleno-Romanian → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Omega → isFinalLetterOf → Greek alphabet ⓘ

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

this entity surface form: Attic Greek alphabet

Ancient Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Gaulish → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Greeks → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Proto-Canaanite script → ancestorOf → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Etruscan alphabet → derivedFrom → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Doric Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Phoenician language → ancestorOf → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Greek language → hasWritingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Aeolic Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Northwest Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Katharevousa → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Pontic Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Cappadocian Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Tsakonian → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Classical Greece → hasWritingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

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

subject surface form: Old Nubian script

Cretan Greek → hasWritingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Coptic language → usesScriptDerivedFrom → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Byzantine poetry → hasScript → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Bruttians → coinageScript → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Lemnian language → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Egyptian hieroglyphs → influenced → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Rhegion → usedAlphabet → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Coptic script → derivedFrom → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Rhegium → usedAlphabet → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Gela → usedAlphabet → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Parthian Empire → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Trikala → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Lamed → relatedToLetter → Greek alphabet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Lambda

Patras → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Georgios → hasScript → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Siculian → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Lesbian Greek dialect → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Aien Aristeuein → script → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Boeon → usedScript → Greek alphabet ⓘ