The word alphabet comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha and beta. It was first used, in its Latin form, alphabetum, by Tertullian during the 2nd–3rd century CE and by St. Jerome. The Classical Greeks customarily used the plural of to gramma (“the letter”); the later form alphabētos was probably adopted under Latin influence.
Where does the word alphabet come from?
When was the Latin-Turkish alphabet introduced?
The Latin-Turkish alphabet was introduced in 1928 and became general throughout Turkey in 1930. It contains 29 letters, of which two vowels (ö and ü) and three consonants (ç, ĝ, and ş) are distinguished by diacritical marks. In one distinction, the dot from i is eliminated (ı) to represent a new sound.
