20 Fun Facts about Alphabet and Language
Here are 20 Fun facts about alphabets:
The English alphabet has 26 letters, which is the same number of letters as in the alphabet of Esperanto, a constructed language designed to be easy to learn and use.
The word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha and beta.
The oldest known alphabet is the Proto-Sinaitic script, which dates back to around 1800 BCE and was used in the Sinai Peninsula.
The longest word that can be typed using only the top row of letters on a QWERTY keyboard is "typewriter."
The shortest sentence in English that uses all 26 letters of the alphabet is "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
The Cherokee syllabary, a writing system developed by the Cherokee Nation in the early 19th century, has 85 characters...
