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ALPHABET

An alphabet is a writing system where letters represent individual sounds in a language, arranged in a specific order. The English alphabet consists of 26 letters and is a descendant of the Greek alphabet, which originated from the Phoenician alphabet. Various languages have their own alphabets, such as Cyrillic and Arabic.

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ALPHABET

An alphabet is a writing system where letters represent individual sounds in a language, arranged in a specific order. The English alphabet consists of 26 letters and is a descendant of the Greek alphabet, which originated from the Phoenician alphabet. Various languages have their own alphabets, such as Cyrillic and Arabic.

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ALPHABET

An alphabet is a writing system where letters represent individual sounds


(phonemes) in a language, arranged in a specific order. The English
alphabet, for example, consists of 26 letters: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K,
L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

Here's a more detailed look:


 Definition:
An alphabet is a set of letters or characters used to represent the phonemic
structure of a language.
 Ordering:
In most alphabets, the characters are arranged in a specific order, such as A, B, C,
etc.
 Phonemes:
The letters in an alphabet generally correspond to the smallest units of sound that
distinguish one word from another in a language, called phonemes.
 Origin of the word:
The word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha
and beta.
 Latin Alphabet:
The English alphabet, also known as the Latin alphabet, is a descendant of the
Greek alphabet, which itself was derived from the Phoenician alphabet.
 Other alphabets:
Many languages have their own alphabets, such as the Cyrillic alphabet (used in
Russian and other Slavic languages) and the Arabic alphabet.

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