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Who Came Up With the Alphabet

  • 2000 BCE

    Egypt

    Egypt
    The ancient Egypt was the first to make the alphabet
  • 1800 BCE

    Greece

    Greece
    Greece was the second place to learn the alphabet
  • 500 BCE

    Romans

    Romans
    Romans are the third people to learn the alphabet when exchanges between Greek and Roman tribes
  • 500 BCE

    Latins

    Latins
    Latins had already known about the alphabet but they made some minor changes of their own, dropping four letters and adding others
  • The Alphabet Song

    The Alphabet Song
    The alphabet song was used to help young children learn their ABC's. It only came out relatively recently.
  • Somalia

    Somalia
    Was devised by Osman Yusuf Kenadid, a local poet, writer, teacher, and politician
  • Medieval Ireland and the old Persian empire

    Medieval Ireland and the old Persian empire
    Evidence of independent alphabets were found in medieval Ireland and the old Persian empire