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Greek alphabet

Scope note

Alphabet of Semitic origin, borrowed from the Phoenecians in first millennium BCE, and modified by the Greeks to include characters representing both vowel and consonant sounds.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000256140

Broader Terms used

alphabets

Created

13yrs ago

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