Derived Alphabets
The Greek alphabet was the model for various others:
- The Latin alphabet, together with various other ancient scripts in Italy, adopted from an archaic form of the Greek alphabet brought to Italy by Greek colonists in the late 8th century BC, via Etruscan
- The Gothic alphabet, devised in the 4th century AD to write the Gothic language, based on a combination of Greek and Latin models
- The Glagolitic alphabet, devised in the 9th century AD for writing Old Church Slavonic
- The Cyrillic script, which replaced the Glagolitic alphabet shortly afterwards
It is also considered a possible ancestor of the Armenian alphabet, which in turn influenced the development of the Georgian alphabet.
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