Tag: alphabet

I have always been slightly fascinated by the way a language can move from oral tradition to a written system. Ancient civilizations developed some quite interesting alphabets (because we partially recognize or understand them). One of them appears to be well understood even today: The Greek alphabet evolved with technology around the Mediterranean sea. However,…

Thanks to the very interesting (and very simple) website of Paul Hsieh GeekPress, I want to share two little gems about English scripture with you today. He found two ways to compare some alphabets. One is about grouping them (a bit like in a Venn diagram): The second is a more hierarchical walk between alphabets.…

Thanks to very interesting (and very simple) web site of Paul Hsieh GeekPress, I want to share today with you two little gems about English scripture. You certainly knew that the alphabet we use (A to Z) has not always existed. You may have suspected that it was evoving in time from older scripts. Matt…