A few days ago
Josh P

what the origin of the letter a?

what the origin of the letter a?

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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I believe it was a picture of a cow, which got simplified and turned sideways by phoenicians, and then later turned so it looked like this:A.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
History

The letter “a” can be traced to a pictogram of an ox head in Egyptian hieroglyph or the Proto-semitic alphabet.

Egyptian hieroglyph – ox’s head

Proto-Semitic – ox’s head

Phoenician – aleph

Greek – Alpha

Etruscan – A

Roman – A

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