These are the 7 Greek vowels (α, ε, η, ι, ο, ω, υ) and the remaining 14 letters are consonant. The Phoenicians What are the 7 Greek vowels? ![]() This is different from the Latin alphabet where a and z are the first and last letter, respectively. In the Greek alphabet, α is the first letter and ω is the last letter. The Greek alphabet was born when the Greeks adapted the Phoenician writing system to represent their own language by developing a fully phonetic writing system composed of individual signs arranged in a linear fashion that could represent both consonants and vowels. Source How did the Greek alphabet develop? In Archaic and early Classical times, the Greek alphabet existed in many local variants, but, by the end of the 4th century BCE, the Euclidean alphabet, with 24 letters, ordered from alpha to omega, had become standard and it is this version that is still used for Greek writing today. It is derived from the earlier Phoenician alphabet, and was the earliest known alphabetic script to have distinct letters for vowels as well as consonants. The Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early 8th century BCE. ![]() Greek Alphabet □ Α, α, alpha Β, β, beta Γ, γ, gamma Δ, δ, delta Ε, ε, epsilon, Κ, κ, Kappa, Ω, Omega, Σ, Sigma. ᐈ Greek Alphabet α Letters & Symbols ⚡ ~ Copy and Paste Ψ □
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