2006-06-17 14:50:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
The English alphabet is derived from the Roman and Greek alphabets. These are derived from Phoenician script, which dates to about @,500 BCE. "A" is one of those letters - but all of them are the same age.
The "A," by the way, came from a Phoenician letter that was sideways and meant an ox with its horn prominent. The Phoenician word for "ox" corresponded with the sound of the letter. This was an immense breaktrhough in language and writing, using letters to mean sounds rather than whole ideas, and made all of our modern language work possible - unless, of course, you are Chinese.
2006-06-17 15:01:21 · answer #1 · answered by Der Lange 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A
2014-05-31 19:48:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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letter O
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2006-06-17 14:58:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
THE LETTER "A"
2006-06-17 15:12:34 · answer #4 · answered by dre 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
L is
2006-06-17 14:52:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
abc's
2006-06-17 14:58:01 · answer #6 · answered by need answers 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I
2006-06-17 14:54:11 · answer #7 · answered by Jubei 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋