Book Title: Alphabet Key To History Of Mankind
Author(s): David Diringer
Publisher: Hutchinsons Scientific and Technical Publications
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The main branches of the early Greek character compared with the North Semitic alphabet and the classic Greek
1, North Semitic alphabet. 2, Earliest Greek character (ninth-sixth centuries B.C.). 4-5, Eastern branch (4, Ionic; 5, Attic). 7, Western branch. 9, Classic Greek. 10, Names of the letters (in parentheses; names of letters discarded in classic Greek); [for upsilon see p. 455]. 3, 6 and 8, Phonetic values of some letters.
