The first true alphabet was an invention of the Greek world, revolutionizing writing, literacy, and shaping foundations of ...

μονός [monos], single τόνος [tonos], accent Some letters of the Greek alphabet are identical to Latin ones though some of them sound different: B [v], Η [ee], Ι [ee], Ρ [r], Υ [ee ...

The Latin alphabet is the most recognizable form of written language, whose history goes back to the eras of ancient Greek ...

also giving it the “fff” sound. Today’s “G” derives from the Greek letter “zeta,” a letter that looks like our “I” but was pronounced as a “zzz.” Around 250 BC, Romans ...

After omicron comes pi (π), the one Greek letter that people remember from high-school geometry. The Pi variant sounds like an alternative dessert in the cafeteria. But there are not many letters ...

the Greek alphabet consists of a few letters that are readily identifiable: A (alpha), B (beta) and K (kappa), for instance, all look and sound as they would in English, Spanish or French.