Modern alphabet. The current official Hawaiian alphabet consists of 13 letters: five vowels (A a, E e, I i, O o, and U u) and eight consonants (H h, K k, L l, M m, N n, P p, W w, and ʻ). Alphabetic order differs from the normal Latin order in that the vowels come first, then the consonants.

By at least the 8th century BCE the Greeks borrowed the Phoenician alphabet and adapted it to their own language, creating in the process the first "true" alphabet, in which vowels were accorded equal status with consonants. According to Greek legends transmitted by Herodotus, the alphabet was brought from Phoenicia to Greece by Cadmos.The letters of the Greek …

Mar 08, 2021 · Origins. The original version of this alphabet was used by the Romans for the Latin language.It is derived from, and very similar to, the Greek alphabet.The Romans adopted the alphabet via the Etruscans, who had adopted it from the Greeks who had colonized Sicily and the southern Italian peninsula.The "West Greek" alphabet was slightly different from the East Greek …