From picture to letter

About this app

How Egyptian picture signs became the Latin alphabet via Proto-Sinaitic, Phoenician and Greek forms. Each letter A–Z morphs on an engraved tablet through eight stages, with direction of writing, map, comparison and word test. Uncertain derivations are marked as conjectured.

Subject: Linguistics & phonetics

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