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Cumae alphabet - Definition and Overview

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The Cumae alphabet was a special Greek alphabet, considered to be a variation of the alphabet used in Chalkis. It was used in Cuma, an ancient Euboean Greek city, recently excavated in 1992.

In the Cumae alphabet, the Greek letter Σ was written as C, Δ as D, Ξ as Χ, Ρ as R and Υ as U.

It is very possible that Latin alphabet derived from the alphabet.

Example Usage of alphabet

MatthewBrunelle: Learning The greek alphabet. Halfway there. #Pointlessknowledge
kariesuzie: Can count a bitch with every letter of the alphabet!!??!!
richiezo: Why are there so many letters in the alphabet? Ohhh boyy
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