Writing Systems

ArabicinGreek

ara·GrekAlphabetSingle-source attestation (AUX)

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Language
ISO 639-3araStatusLivingScopeMacrolanguageScripts used6
Also written in:
Arabic (Arab)Latin (Latn)Hebrew (Hebr)Syriac (Syrc)Braille (Brai)
Script
ISO 15924GrekFamilyGreekOriginMediterraneanDirectionLeft-to-rightStatusLiving scriptOpenType taggrek

Descended from the Phoenician abjad (c. 800 BCE). The first alphabet to represent vowels. Ancestor of Latin, Cyrillic, Coptic, Gothic, and other scripts.

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