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Greek

( a script )

Type of script: Alphabet
Script category: Greek script family
Period of use: 750 B.C.E. -
Writing-direction: Left to right
Parent script: Phoenician script (show family tree)
Names: Greek

Greek is the original alphabet, being developed from the Phoenician abjad. While abjads are well suited to Semitic languages like Phoenician they do not fit a language like Greek, which made the Greeks add vowel symbols to the Phoenician abjad, thus creating the first alphabet.

Languages written with this script:

The following scripts were created based on this script (show family tree):

More information

Article:    http://www.monotype.com/non-latin/wt_info/info_greekm.html   
Article:    http://www.omniglot.com/writing/greek.htm   
Site using:    http://www.bbc.co.uk/greek/   

Lars Marius Garshol, Ontopian.