How did the Greeks create their alphabet, about the eighth century BC?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. They adapted the Phoenician script and added letters for vowels
- Step 1: The Greeks borrowed the Phoenician consonant letters. Step 2. They used signs that stood for sounds not used in Greek to write vowels, producing the first full alphabet. Answer: They adapted the Phoenician script and added letters for vowels. Why not the others: They copied the Latin alphabet of Rome and removed the vowels: Latin came later and derives from Greek. They invented a syllabary from the Linear A signs of Minoan Crete: Linear A was a syllabic script and is undeciphered. They adopted the Egyptian hieroglyphs without any changes at all: Hieroglyphs were not adopted.
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