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Curated Video
History of the Alphabet for Kids
Have you ever wondered where the letters we use every day come from? In this video, we’ll take a journey through time to explore the fascinating history of the alphabet! From ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics to the Phoenician alphabet, and...
Wonderscape
The Rich History of the Greek Language
Preschool Prep - Alphabet and Languages from A-Z V1-0008
This video highlights the significance of the Greek language, spoken in Greece and Cyprus, with a rich history dating back over 3000 years. It emphasizes the extensive...
This video highlights the significance of the Greek language, spoken in Greece and Cyprus, with a rich history dating back over 3000 years. It emphasizes the extensive...
NativLang
Thoth's Pill - an Animated History of Writing
My animation takes you through the birth and evolution of writing. Watch the story of the world's scripts unfold, from the early cave days to modern writing systems. But only if you choose to take Thoth's Pill... This animated...
NativLang
The day the Greeks invented vowels - History of Writing Systems #8 (The Alphabet)
Your vowels were invented in Greece, giving birth to the first "true" alphabet. Watch as your new toga-clad friend turns your consonant abjad into a consonant-vowel alphabet. It's such a useful mapping of letters to sounds that neighbor...
NativLang
Semitic's vowel-smuggling consonants - History of Writing Systems #9 (Pointing & Matres Lectionis)
Semitic languages like Hebrew and Arabic evolved a unique way to write vowels... with consonants! See how in this episode of Thoth's Pill: an Animated History of Writing. You're back in the ancient Middle East, where seemingly everyone's...
Easy Languages
How to Pronounce Well Known Greek Words in Greek | Easy Greek 97
How to Pronounce Well Known Greek Words in Greek | Easy Greek 97
Easy Greek is a project to help you learn Greek in an authentic and fun way. We interview people in the streets of Athens and other places in Greece. All our...
Easy Greek is a project to help you learn Greek in an authentic and fun way. We interview people in the streets of Athens and other places in Greece. All our...
NativLang
CAPS Unlock - the history behind uppercase & lowercase letters
The ancient alphabet was a single scratchy list of letters. So where did BIG UPPERCASE and little lowercase forms of our alphabet come from? Take a look at the history of our strange writing system and wonder... Who came first? Was it...
60 Second Histories
The Rosetta Stone
This short history video explains what the Rosetta Stone is; its discovery and why it was important in helping scholars discover the meaning of the Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Curated Video
The Evolution of Secret Communication: From Ancient Alphabets to Caesar's Cipher
Quantum physicist Artur Ekert (Oxford and NUS) highlights the importance of having an alphabet for encoding written messages.
Religion for Breakfast
Coptic: The Final Ancient Egyptian Language
00:00 Intro<br/>
00:52 Phases of the Egypti<br/>an Language
2<br/>:19 Dialects of Coptic<<br/>br/>4:36 Origins of<br/> Coptic Script
7:55 Genres of Coptic Lit
12:22 Later History
00:52 Phases of the Egypti<br/>an Language
2<br/>:19 Dialects of Coptic<<br/>br/>4:36 Origins of<br/> Coptic Script
7:55 Genres of Coptic Lit
12:22 Later History
Curated Video
The Influence of Latin on English: From Romans to Renaissance
This video explores the profound influence of Latin on the English language throughout history, from the Roman times to the modern era. It delves into how Latin words have shaped English vocabulary, from everyday words to scientific...
CuriosaMente
¿Quién inventó el ABECEDARIO?- CuriosaMente 211
¿Cuál es el origen de las letras que usamos todos los días? ¿Hau diferentes tipos de alfabetos?
The history of writing has evolved over time. It began with symbols, numbers, and pictograms in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt....
The history of writing has evolved over time. It began with symbols, numbers, and pictograms in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt....
National Geographic
Ancient Greece 101 | National Geographic
From artistry to politics, ancient Greece left a considerable impression on world history. Learn why Greek and Roman gods share so many similarities, how the alphabet got its name, and how the legacy of ancient Greece has evolved over...
Alliterative
Music & ConLangs: The Endnotes
Solresol, Esperanto, Karinthy, Swift, & Defoe -- some extra linguistic tidbits about constructed languages, connected to our video about Music ( Thank you to all...