The Origin and Development of Modern Alphabets

by Heady Delpak

Overview

The history of the alphabet started in ancient Egypt. By 2700 BCE Egyptian writing had a set of some 22 hieroglyphs to represent syllables that begin with a single consonant of their language, plus a vowel (or no vowel) to be supplied by the native speaker. These glyphs were used as pronunciation guides for logograms, to write grammatical inflections, and, later, to transcribe loan words and foreign names.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798331418557
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	06/26/2024
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.45(d)

About the Author

Dr. Heady Delpak has a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from University of London in the UK. He has more than 30 years teaching experiences at Universities. He has published many Books in different languages.