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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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

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T157775 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Greek alphabet
Context triple: [Septuagint, hasScript, Greek alphabet]

A. Latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet is the writing system originally used for Latin that has become the most widely adopted script in the world, forming the basis of many modern languages including English, Spanish, and French.
B. Phoenician alphabet
The Phoenician alphabet is an ancient consonantal writing system developed by the Phoenician civilization that became the ancestor of most major modern alphabets, including Greek, Latin, and Arabic.
C. Hebrew alphabet
The Hebrew alphabet is an ancient consonant-based writing system used primarily for Hebrew and several other Jewish languages, including Judeo-Arabic and Yiddish.
D. Oscan alphabet
The Oscan alphabet is an ancient writing system used by the Oscan-speaking peoples of pre-Roman Italy to record their language, derived from and closely related to other Old Italic scripts.
E. South Picene alphabet
The South Picene alphabet is an ancient Old Italic writing system used to record the language of the South Picene people in pre-Roman central Italy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Greek alphabet
Target entity description: 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.

A. Latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet is the writing system originally used for Latin that has become the most widely adopted script in the world, forming the basis of many modern languages including English, Spanish, and French.
B. Phoenician alphabet
The Phoenician alphabet is an ancient consonantal writing system developed by the Phoenician civilization that became the ancestor of most major modern alphabets, including Greek, Latin, and Arabic.
C. Hebrew alphabet
The Hebrew alphabet is an ancient consonant-based writing system used primarily for Hebrew and several other Jewish languages, including Judeo-Arabic and Yiddish.
D. Oscan alphabet
The Oscan alphabet is an ancient writing system used by the Oscan-speaking peoples of pre-Roman Italy to record their language, derived from and closely related to other Old Italic scripts.
E. South Picene alphabet
The South Picene alphabet is an ancient Old Italic writing system used to record the language of the South Picene people in pre-Roman central Italy.
F. None of above. chosen

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (123)

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

Bactria → scriptUsed → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Continental Celtic languages → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Old Iranian languages → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek alphabet (for Bactrian)

Kilkis → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Galli → usedScript → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Arachova → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Arcadocypriot Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Kozani → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

ISO/IEC 8859 → designedFor → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Greek "Tripolis" → script → Greek alphabet ⓘ

subject surface form: Tripolis

Alexandra → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Mediterranean alphabet → gaveRiseTo → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Mediterranean alphabet → relatedTo → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Mediterranean alphabet → hasDescendant → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Department of Modern Greek, University of Cambridge → usesWritingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Constantinos → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Gothic alphabet → derivedFrom → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Gothic alphabet → influencedBy → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Carian → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Lycian alphabet → derivedFrom → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Lycian alphabet → hasLetterFormsSimilarTo → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Alexandros (Greek) → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

subject surface form: Alexandros

Chaldiot → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Classical antiquity → hasWritingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

ΦΒΚ → script → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Bohairic Coptic → usesAlphabetDerivedFrom → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Yevanic → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Coptic literature → usesAlphabetDerivedFrom → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Proto-Canaanite language → influenced → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Lemnian stele → alphabetRelation → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Gregorios → hasScript → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Chalcidians → usedScript → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Griko → hasWritingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Irakleio → hasWritingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Ilion → usesWritingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Petroupoli → writingSystemOfLocalName → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Agios Dimitrios → hasWritingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

polis of Athens → usedWritingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Pikermi → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Philae obelisk → hasWritingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Pamphylians → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Calabrian Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Phrygian language → hasWritingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Gaios → hasWritingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

subject surface form: Greek language

Leipsoi → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Gourna → usedWritingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Abjad → historicalInfluenceOn → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Lycian League → usedScript → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Δωροθέα → hasScript → Greek alphabet ⓘ

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Referenced by (123)

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