Tuesday 22 March 2016

the letter o and its story

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THIS IS THE LETTER O WHICH WE USE TODAY.

This was the letter o which they used in the ancient Egyptian! It meant an eye, and they said it "en".

 



This was the letter o which the Proto -Sinaitic used to write in the first alphabet:





This was the letter o which the Phoenicians used to write!





This was the letter o which the Greeks used to write!







This was the letter o which the Etruscans used to write!


This is now the letter O that we use:
File:Phoenician ayin.svg


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