Evolution of the alphabet
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n on May 21st, 2010, 8:32 PM
some one did some research
Adrian Morgan on Nov 21st, 2010, 12:49 AM
Yep. Here's the website that the animation comes from:
http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~rfradkin/alphapage.html
It's a site belonging to the University of Maryland, and contains several animations including this one. I'm a bit bothered by the lack of attribution here.
http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~rfradkin/alphapage.html
It's a site belonging to the University of Maryland, and contains several animations including this one. I'm a bit bothered by the lack of attribution here.
Greek on May 28th, 2010, 6:17 PM
This isn't accurate at all. Many of the modern derivative letters do not come from the Phoenician and Greek letters that you claim. Many aren't even the same sound. Not even close.
tedd on Oct 12th, 2010, 7:27 AM
I do have to say that it kind of annoyed me that he made connections between characters that dont have a connection (phonetic or not)
j on May 28th, 2010, 7:21 PM
^pwnd
me on May 29th, 2010, 6:04 PM
who cares what sound it makes? he's talking about the characters.
venom on May 30th, 2010, 4:32 PM
its rubbish. not all latin alphabet from greek. it also affected from asian languages.
Anders on May 31st, 2010, 5:01 AM
And where do you intend to put in æ, ø and å, Mr. maker?
BFL@CK on May 31st, 2010, 11:01 AM
ok.. if were solely talking about characters. Then why did the "W" come from the "V"?
its literally a DOUBLE "U"!!
its literally a DOUBLE "U"!!
yb on Jun 22nd, 2010, 3:22 PM
actually in French (which is older than english) it's called a double V.
Fernando on Nov 18th, 2010, 5:25 PM
In Spanish it's also called "Double V"
Benjamin Koshkin on May 31st, 2010, 11:02 AM
You need to do more and better research.
Benjamin Koshkin
Benjamin Koshkin
Kreeps on Jun 1st, 2010, 9:18 AM
Thre was no H-sign in the greek alphabet... it was simply an ' above a vowel.
Greek student on Aug 18th, 2010, 10:15 PM
There was no h -sound, but there was in fact an H character, the Eta which produced a long a sound.
meh on Jun 1st, 2010, 11:08 AM
BFL@CK the "w" is also a double "v" when announced in German.
grozdova on Jun 1st, 2010, 10:20 PM
Awesome graphic, really illustrative. I wish it included the Cyrillic alphabet too, which evolved somewhat separately in its own way from the Greek one. Good stuff.
Arjan on Jun 2nd, 2010, 10:14 AM
@ BFL@CK: your comment that the V is actually a "DOUBLE U" shows me that you think in a single (English) language.
Like meh states: in German it is actually called "Double V"
In Dutch the "V" is called [vay] and the W is called [way], also showing a clear link between the V and W (in origin and sound).
@anders: I believe those are letters "invented" in specific languages to indicate specific sounds (combinations of letters).
In Dutch most if the Scandinavic sounds exist but are noted as combinations of letters ("ui", "oe", "eu", "ie", "ou", "au" etc), Our ancestors just took a different turn when developing writing for their specific language.
Like meh states: in German it is actually called "Double V"
In Dutch the "V" is called [vay] and the W is called [way], also showing a clear link between the V and W (in origin and sound).
@anders: I believe those are letters "invented" in specific languages to indicate specific sounds (combinations of letters).
In Dutch most if the Scandinavic sounds exist but are noted as combinations of letters ("ui", "oe", "eu", "ie", "ou", "au" etc), Our ancestors just took a different turn when developing writing for their specific language.
whatever on Jun 3rd, 2010, 12:34 AM
@bfl@ck
in french, V is called "vay" and W is called "doobluh-vay"
v.
double-v.
huh.
in french, V is called "vay" and W is called "doobluh-vay"
v.
double-v.
huh.
JDoe on Jun 7th, 2010, 5:49 PM
And what about the Greek Omega(Ω) ?
Colby on Jun 7th, 2010, 9:24 PM
very little change to the alphabet in 2000 years ... hence it must not be broken
Moni ca on Jun 17th, 2010, 6:00 AM
Thanks - v. interesting for language people
Bob Hume on Aug 19th, 2010, 9:59 AM
Very inaccurate. Where is Å, Ä and Ö????? These are known to everybody but not of course to an American arrogant idiot.
Frimp on Nov 17th, 2010, 8:49 PM
The word "some" indicates a partial list, containing only a few examples from the given category. This is known to everybody but not of course to a European arrogant idiot.
Ursula Fred on Aug 19th, 2010, 10:05 AM
Good Hume! Not to talk about the danish AE and OE. Americans are really stupid as you point out.
Joe on Oct 25th, 2010, 5:46 PM
Just because most Americans aren't bi (or even tri) lingual doesn't mean that all of us are dumb. But thanks for showing everybody that (some) people from (insert your continent here) are. Also, people from Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Venezuela, and the rest of the South American continent are also Americans, so nice job insulting half of the Western Hemisphere.
Frimp on Nov 17th, 2010, 8:48 PM
Unlike the Europeans in this thread who can't seem to grasp the meaning of "some?"
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kateweb on Oct 19th, 2010, 5:03 AM
very cool , I would love to see your sources sited, but still cool and intresting.
peachy on Nov 4th, 2010, 5:30 AM
What about the long s ſ ? or the german double s ß?
The long s fell out of common usage around the early 19th century, but it was still used in some publications up to the 20th Century.
The long s fell out of common usage around the early 19th century, but it was still used in some publications up to the 20th Century.
Mike on Nov 8th, 2010, 4:01 AM
Notice how the 'european additions' bit says that word 'some' , as in its a few examples, not a definitive list.
Hutbärchen on Nov 14th, 2010, 12:02 PM
The discussion about w having developted from u or v can easily be put to an end, because u was originally also written like this: v
4funfun on Feb 10th, 2011, 9:27 AM
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rofl on Feb 22nd, 2011, 12:00 AM
shopped, i can tell by the pixels
lmao on Feb 26th, 2011, 5:38 AM
I can tell also, such bs!
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