How come that numbers are countless, but letters of alphabet only 26?

Question

Even when all the composites of letters, words, phrases and common sentences are counted for all the languages in the world, as they are recorded in the dictionaries, and when all the quotes, idioms and common expressions are added too to the count, all the books of literature and science of the world and all possible permutations of all the words into grammatical structures are regarded, even then the final count will be a comprehensible number, something like the total number of atoms in in the Earth. Numbers, however, represent an entirely different version of the story of creation and all that exists, where language is entirely human counting is entirely universal leading the mind to the edges of reason and sanity; language represents human knowledge where number is the domain. There however, for the purpose of philosophy and not Mathematics, is only one number in existence, the existence itself, the singularity, and that one is greater than infinity.

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Answer 1

because we use letters as a way of communication....so if it was endless...we'd have different possibilities for words...and i think having different languages is enough to keep up with...besides numbers are used to represent quantities....so it should be never ending...if you still want to try using a 'countless alphabet' system try the Chinese alphabet...its got 36....

Answer 2

Alphabet Numbered 1-26

Answer 3

Our alphabet has 26, but others have more or less than that. The Philippines omits several letters we use, and the Russian alphabet has more than ours. Chinese have a different symbol for every word, so it takes a long time to learn to read and write their language. An effective alphabet needs enough letters to show all sounds we use, but it should not be too complex and difficult to learn. About 18 to 32 is a pretty good balance for the number of letters. As for numbers, there are names only for a small percentage of infinity. What is the biggest number you can name?

Answer 4

Because countless values for the alphabet aren't necessary for language.

It's the law of the universe that there are countless numbers, and our only job is deciding on a logical way to represent their value. As for the alphabet, man would have the responsibility of creating an alphabet with countless letters from scratch, but if you apply the same logic with letters that you do with numbers, you have words.

Say each letter of the alphabet were numbered 1-26, with a=1 b=2. The word Each would be 5,138.

Answer 5

Numbers are not countless. Every number is formed by using one or several of the following - 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Just as pi spirals into infinity, so can the written word and spoken language cascade into the limitless through media such as literature and dialog.

Answer 6

never mind, but only the latin alphabet has 26 letters.

look at Russian, for example. the Cyrillic Alphabet is different - it has got 33 letters.

the (ancient) Greek alphabet has also about 33 letters.

some Asian alphabets don't have letters at all, but so called pictograms - signs, each one standing for one word.

by the way, 26 letters are enough to combine and make up words according to the linguistic rules of our language. why then invent new ones?

Answer 7

With 26 letters it it international language but nubbers are 1 to 9 only .When you add ''0'' it is countless.

Answer 8

numbers are universal no matter what language but a language is limited to how it is created and used. there is only language in the mind numbers exist in the physical world and are understood by the mind. a in itself being such as a rock can be numerous to the extent of infinity but a language is withheld in the mind of a for itself being.

Answer 9

If u think deep then u'll find that words r also countless! words are made with letters and letters r come from the sound which we make! we make Many kind of sounds that helps us to speak! those 26 words r main word selected by our very very much old relatives! so u may say words r 26 there r countless letters in this world! even animals make different kind of noises that we can't!

Answer 10

Possibly for the same reason that the total amount of words used in the Sunday paper is only 600 on average.