Greek alphabet

E19401

alphabet script writing system

The Greek alphabet is an ancient writing system that originated in Greece and forms the basis of many modern European scripts, including the Latin alphabet.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Greek alphabet canonical	201
Greek Iota	2
Attic Greek alphabet	1
Delta (Greek letter) (shape of nearby river delta/railroad junction – commonly cited origin)	1
Greek Lambda	1
Greek alphabet (adapted for Elymian)	1
Greek alphabet (adapted for Lycian, Carian, Sidetic, Pisidian)	1
Greek alphabet (for Bactrian)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T157775 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Greek alphabet
Context triple: [Septuagint, hasScript, Greek alphabet]

A. Latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet is the writing system originally used for Latin that has become the most widely adopted script in the world, forming the basis of many modern languages including English, Spanish, and French.
B. Phoenician alphabet
The Phoenician alphabet is an ancient consonantal writing system developed by the Phoenician civilization that became the ancestor of most major modern alphabets, including Greek, Latin, and Arabic.
C. Hebrew alphabet
The Hebrew alphabet is an ancient consonant-based writing system used primarily for Hebrew and several other Jewish languages, including Judeo-Arabic and Yiddish.
D. Oscan alphabet
The Oscan alphabet is an ancient writing system used by the Oscan-speaking peoples of pre-Roman Italy to record their language, derived from and closely related to other Old Italic scripts.
E. South Picene alphabet
The South Picene alphabet is an ancient Old Italic writing system used to record the language of the South Picene people in pre-Roman central Italy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Greek alphabet
Target entity description: The Greek alphabet is an ancient writing system that originated in Greece and forms the basis of many modern European scripts, including the Latin alphabet.

A. Latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet is the writing system originally used for Latin that has become the most widely adopted script in the world, forming the basis of many modern languages including English, Spanish, and French.
B. Phoenician alphabet
The Phoenician alphabet is an ancient consonantal writing system developed by the Phoenician civilization that became the ancestor of most major modern alphabets, including Greek, Latin, and Arabic.
C. Hebrew alphabet
The Hebrew alphabet is an ancient consonant-based writing system used primarily for Hebrew and several other Jewish languages, including Judeo-Arabic and Yiddish.
D. Oscan alphabet
The Oscan alphabet is an ancient writing system used by the Oscan-speaking peoples of pre-Roman Italy to record their language, derived from and closely related to other Old Italic scripts.
E. South Picene alphabet
The South Picene alphabet is an ancient Old Italic writing system used to record the language of the South Picene people in pre-Roman central Italy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	alphabet ⓘ script ⓘ writing system ⓘ
derivedFrom	Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
earliestAttestedCenturyBCE	8th century BCE ⓘ
hasCase	lowercase ⓘ uppercase ⓘ
hasDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
hasDistinctVowelLetters	true ⓘ
hasLetter	Alpha ⓘ Beta ⓘ Chi ⓘ Delta ⓘ Epsilon ⓘ Eta ⓘ Gamma ⓘ Iota ⓘ Kappa ⓘ Lambda ⓘ Mu ⓘ Nu ⓘ Omega ⓘ Omicron ⓘ Phi ⓘ Pi ⓘ Psi ⓘ Rho ⓘ Sigma ⓘ Tau ⓘ Theta ⓘ Upsilon ⓘ Xi ⓘ Zeta ⓘ
hasUppercaseAndLowercase	true ⓘ
hasVariant	Attic Greek alphabet ⓘ linked to: Greek alphabet Ionic Greek alphabet ⓘ linked to: Ionic Greek
influenced	Coptic alphabet ⓘ linked to: Coptic script Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ linked to: Cyrillic script Gothic alphabet ⓘ linked to: Runic alphabet Latin alphabet ⓘ
numberOfLetters	24 ⓘ
numericSystem	Greek numerals ⓘ
originatedIn	Greece ⓘ
predecessor	Linear B script ⓘ linked to: Linear B inscriptions
scriptFamily	Greek scripts ⓘ
standardizedIn	Classical period of ancient Greece ⓘ
usedAs	fraternity and sorority names ⓘ mathematical symbols ⓘ scientific symbols ⓘ
usedFor	writing Classical Greek ⓘ writing Modern Greek ⓘ
writingSystemOf	Greek language ⓘ
writingSystemType	alphabetic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (209)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Septuagint → hasScript → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Etruscan language → derivedScriptFrom → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Phoenician alphabet → ancestorOf → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Delta, Utah, United States → namedAfter → Delta (Greek letter) (shape of nearby river delta/railroad junction – commonly cited origin) ⓘ

linked to: Greek alphabet

Medieval Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Ionic Greek → hasWritingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Modern Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Hellenic languages → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Copts → scriptOrigin → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Byzantine Empire → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Paleo-Latin alphabet → influencedBy → Greek alphabet ⓘ

New Testament → originalScript → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Megleno-Romanian → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Omega → isFinalLetterOf → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Greek Writings → script → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Greek alphabet → hasVariant → Attic Greek alphabet ⓘ

linked to: Greek alphabet

Ancient Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Gaulish → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Greeks → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Proto-Canaanite script → ancestorOf → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Etruscan alphabet → derivedFrom → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Doric Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Phoenician language → ancestorOf → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Greek language → hasWritingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Aeolic Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Northwest Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Katharevousa → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Pontic Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Cappadocian Greek → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Tsakonian → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Classical Greece → hasWritingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Old Nubian script → containsBorrowedLettersFrom → Greek alphabet ⓘ

subject linked to: Old Nubian script (historically)

Cretan Greek → hasWritingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Coptic language → usesScriptDerivedFrom → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Byzantine poetry → hasScript → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Bruttians → coinageScript → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Lemnian language → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Egyptian hieroglyphs → influenced → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Rhegion → usedAlphabet → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Coptic script → derivedFrom → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Rhegium → usedAlphabet → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Gela → usedAlphabet → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Parthian Empire → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Trikala → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Lamed → relatedToLetter → Greek Lambda ⓘ

linked to: Greek alphabet

Patras → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Georgios → hasScript → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Siculian → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Lesbian Greek dialect → writingSystem → Greek alphabet ⓘ

Aien Aristeuein → script → Greek alphabet ⓘ

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Referenced by (209)

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