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Griekse alfabet Definisie

The Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language since the late ninth or early eighth century BC. It is derived from the earlier Phoenician alphabet, and was the first alphabetic script in history to have distinct letters for vowels as well as consonants. In Archaic and early Classical times, the Greek alphabet existed in many different local variants, but, by the end of the fourth century BC, the Euclidean alphabet, with twenty-four letters, ordered from alpha to omega, had become standard and it is this version that is still used to write Greek today. These twenty-four letters (each in uppercase and lowercase forms) are: Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ/ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, and Ω ω. In the system of Greek numerals many of these characters from the Greek alphabet were given numerical values as well.

Die Griekse alfabet is die voorouer van die Latynse en Cyrilliese skrifte. Soos Latyn en Cyrillies, het Grieks oorspronklik slegs 'n enkele vorm van elke letter. Dit het die onderskeid tussen hoofletters en kleinletters parallel met Latyn gedurende die moderne era ontwikkel. Klankwaardes en konvensionele transkripsies vir sommige van die letters verskil tussen antieke en moderne Griekse gebruik, omdat die uitspraak van Grieks aansienlik verander het tussen die vyfde eeu vC en vandag. Moderne en antieke Grieks gebruik ook verskillende diakritiek. Afgesien van die gebruik daarvan in die skryf van die Griekse taal, in beide sy antieke en moderne vorme, dien die Griekse alfabet vandag ook as 'n bron van tegniese simbole en etikette in baie domeine van wiskunde, wetenskap en ander velde.