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Which ancient script is the parent of all western alphabets?Read the answer and worked solution →Why was the Phoenician script simple enough for traders to learn?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Korean ruler created the Hangul alphabet in 1443?Read the answer and worked solution →Egyptian hieroglyphs were forgotten in the 5th century until which stone was discovered?Read the answer and worked solution →Devanagari, used to write Hindi, is typically which kind of writing system?Read the answer and worked solution →In an abjad such as Arabic or Hebrew, the letters mainly stand for which sounds?Read the answer and worked solution →In a dictionary, which of these words would be listed first?Read the answer and worked solution →Which people spread the Latin alphabet across Europe as their republic grew?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these languages is written in the Cyrillic script?Read the answer and worked solution →From which older script do most alphabetic scripts of India descend?Read the answer and worked solution →Ancient Egyptians used about how many single-sound hieroglyphs, called uniliterals?Read the answer and worked solution →The classical Etruscan alphabet had 20 letters, and four of them were vowels. How many were consonants?Read the answer and worked solution →The early Proto-Sinaitic script, around 1840 BC, appeared in turquoise mines in which place?Read the answer and worked solution →In a syllabary, what does each written symbol stand for?Read the answer and worked solution →What does India's Constitution say on a national language?Read the answer and worked solution →Under Article 343, the official language of the Union government is Hindi in which script?Read the answer and worked solution →As of December 2007, how many languages did the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India list?Read the answer and worked solution →Telugu, Tamil and Kannada are spoken mainly in southern India. Which language family do they belong to?Read the answer and worked solution →Which language family has the most speakers in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Santali and Khasi, spoken in parts of India, belong to which language family?Read the answer and worked solution →Which scheduled language of India is officially known as Manipuri?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two languages does the Constitution of India permit for business in Parliament?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which ancient script is the parent of all western alphabets?

  1. Hangul
  2. Phoenician
  3. Cyrillic
  4. Devanagari
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Correct answer: B. Phoenician

The Phoenician script was spread across the Mediterranean and gave rise to the western alphabets.

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Why was the Phoenician script simple enough for traders to learn?

  1. Thousands of word signs
  2. Only about two dozen letters
  3. It was carved on stone
  4. It had no spoken sounds
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Correct answer: B. Only about two dozen letters

With only about two dozen distinct letters, traders could learn it far more easily than scripts with many signs.

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Which Korean ruler created the Hangul alphabet in 1443?

  1. King Ahiram
  2. King Ashoka
  3. Sejong the Great
  4. Walter Scott
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Correct answer: C. Sejong the Great

Sejong the Great created Hangul in 1443 as a planned alphabet.

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