History of the alphabet, the writing systems of Europe

History of the alphabet, the writing systems of Europe, hieroglyph, cuneiform, linear A, linear B, cypriot, phoenician, old hebrew, greek, old italic, latin, old iberian, tifinagh, aramaic, pahlavi, arabic, syriac, coptic, hebrew, old turkic, old hungarian, old uyghur, runic, gothic, ogham, glagolitic, cyrillic

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[arthur__lt]

This Greek decrease was kinda sad to see..

[yyyhh]

Notice how Greece kept the same alphabet for 3000+ years such an honour to be able to speak Greek

[tonysoldan]

Greek, Cyrillic and Latin. I use them all. Greek-Russian here! Love to every writing system in general.

[bbenjoe]

Next possible change is Kazakhstan. They've decided to switch to the latin alphabet by the mid 2020's.

[SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Language is not a genetic gift, it is a social gift. Learning a new language is becoming a member of the club, the community of speakers of that language. Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things. Change your language, and you change your thoughts. Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom

[Tehnodinaroid]

What writing system do you want to use?
The Balkans: yes

[rymdalkis]

Man as a Swede I think it's a shame we abandoned the Runic alphabet. We still learn it in school but since our language has evolved into suiting the Latin alphabet many of our sounds now lack accurate Runic letters, and so most people quickly forget them. A fun fact though is that some areas in Sweden continued using a niche version of the Runic alphabet up until the beginning of the 20th century. There are people who still have old postcards and letters that their great-grandparents sent to each other written with Runic letters.

[danielsilvestre]

Alphabets:
🇬🇷 Ελληνικό αλφάβητο
🇦🇲 Հայոց գրեր
🇬🇪 ქართული დამწერლობა
🇪🇬 ϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ
🇮🇹 Abecedarium Latinum
🇧🇬 Кирилица

Abjad:
🇸🇦 كتابة عربية
🇮🇱 אָלֶף־בֵּית עִבְרִי‎

[Tirocoa]

9:51
"Wait, why did Armenian suddenly-
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*_O H_* "

[lionzion]

As a hungarian, I'm surprised you didn't forgot about old hungarian writing :D It was slowly abandoned by most hungarians during the middle ages, and later it was rediscovered in some old medieval churches in Székelyföld (Eastern transylvania, roughly in the middle of modern day Romania) and then on some old artifacts. By impression it looks like rune writing, but only coincidentally, the similar signs mean different letters.

[jorbennoten]

Me: should be studying math when its already 8 pm
Also me: history of writing systems i need to see this
Also me in the future: why did i fail my math test

[ruzannamanukyan]

Armenian alphabet just for armenians, one nation, one country, one church, one language. Perfect.

[elgranlugus]

Latin: ABCDEF dominates


Ireland: ---//---///----

[ash_]

Hmmm I wonder why Greek and Armenian conveniently disappeared from Turkey in the 1920’s 🤔

[wachtwoorden]

Latin in 750: I don't feel so good
Latin since 1850: UNLIMITED

[sheldonj.plankton]

7:00 Latin: Hey Germans, wanna check out my alphabet?
7:13 Germans: Stay the hell away from me! *flee eastward*
7:25 It's no use, my script is superior

[giorgikun]

I'm from Georgia and we have 3 alphabet. Modern alphabet look like this - საქართველოს გაუმარჯოს 🇬🇪❤️

[bandiscam]

Me: **starts watching the video**
Also me: *Why the years are going on reverse?*

[lucaschiantodipepe]

The Latin alphabet was a variant of the Greek alphabet used in the colony of Kyme/Cuma, town located in Southern italy. Later adopted by Romans.

[maximilienmavian]

It’s so sad to see the Armenian script get decimated. Right after 1915, the Armenian genocide did a number didn’t it...