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A set of words that are used to stand for the letters of an alphabet.
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Spelling alphabet — A spelling alphabet, radio alphabet, or telephone alphabet is a set of words which are used to stand for the letters of an alphabet. Each word in the spelling alphabet typically replaces the name of the letter with which it starts (acrophony). It … Wikipedia
ICAO spelling alphabet — noun Shortened name for the ICAO radiotelephony spelling alphabet of the International Civil Aviation Organization. This alphabet assigns names to letters of the alphabet for clearer enunciation (and for the same reason pronounces the numeral 9… … Wiktionary
Alphabet (disambiguation) — An alphabet is a complete standardized set of letters basic written symbols each of which roughly represents a phoneme of a spoken language, either as it exists now or as it may have been in the past. * Alphabets derived from the Latin ** Latin… … Wikipedia
Alphabet birman — Birman Caractéristiques Type Alphasyllabaire Langue(s) Birman Direction De gauche à droite Historique Époque Du … Wikipédia en Français
Alphabet — [ William Caslon, letter founder; from the 1728 Cyclopaedia .] An alphabet is a standardized set of letters mdash basic written symbolsmdash each of which roughly represents a phoneme, a spoken language, either as it exists now or as it was in… … Wikipedia
Spelling reform — For spelling reform in English, see English language spelling reform. Contents 1 Arguments for reform 2 By language 2.1 English … Wikipedia
ALPHABET, HEBREW — The origin of alphabetic script has always been a subject of human curiosity. According to Greek mythology, script was brought to Greece from Phoenicia. This tradition was accepted by the Greek and Roman writers, some of whom developed it even… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Spelling reform of the Armenian language 1922-1924 — The Spelling reform of the Armenian language 1922 1924 was a spelling reform of the Armenian alphabet conducted in the Armenian SSR. However, it is barely practiced outside of Armenia and the Post Soviet states because it was not adopted by… … Wikipedia
Spelling in Gwoyeu Romatzyh — The spelling of Gwoyeu Romatzyh (GR) can be divided into its treatment of initials, finals and tones. GR uses contrasting unvoiced/voiced pairs of consonants to represent aspirated and unaspirated initials in Chinese: for example b and p… … Wikipedia
Alphabet — It seems probable that the Gypsies did not bring any writing system with them when they came to Europe. The alphabet given in Jean Paul Clébert s book The Gypsies is spurious. Publications in Romani in the 20th century have used the Latin or… … Historical dictionary of the Gypsies
