CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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Question
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eight major symbols
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22 symbols
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22 words
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Phoenician alphabet had 22 letters, but only represented the sounds for consonants, making it a consonantal alphabet. This practical writing system was used in Phoenician ports around the Mediterranean, eventually becoming the de facto language of trade.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Phoenician alphabet consists of 22 characters with vowel sounds built into the symbols. The Greeks modified the Phoenician alphabet by changing some of the symbols as well as creating separate vowels. They also made their alphabet more phonetically correct.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Phoenician alphabet was developed at Byblos, and the site has yielded almost all of the known early Phoenician inscriptions, most of them dating from the 10th century bc.