Pre 1500 BC Pictographic or ideographic

3200 BC Egyptian Hieroglyphics

3300 BC Cuneiform-”wedge-shaped”

Phoenicians 22 letters represented consonant sounds did

not include vowels

_ _i_ i_ _ _oo_ a_ou_ _i_ _ui_ _i_ _

Th_s _s _ b_ _k _b_ _t l_ng_ _st_ic

Greek 24 letters-each sound represented by a letter Alphabet- alpha and beta

Roman V, X, Y Most widely used alphabet in the world

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Phonetic Spell words the way they sound

Sit

Semantic Spell words alike that share the same meaning

HymnHymnal

Etymological Spell words to reflect their origins

One (Old English)Kangaroo (Australian)