Writing Systems

Ancient Greek (to 1453)inGreek

grc·GrekAlphabetMultiple-source attestation (MAIN)

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Language
ISO 639-3grcStatusHistoricalScopeIndividualScripts used3
Also written in:
Linear B (Linb)Cypriot syllabary (Cprt)
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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