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How Did the Alphabet Originate?

People used pictures to write long ago. They started with simple drawings, like a picture of a sun or a river. Over time, these drawings became letters, the start of what we now call an alphabet.

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  1. A child draws a picture of a cat, that’s like an early symbol.
  2. A group of people uses simple marks to write messages on clay tablets.
  3. A scribe turns pictures into letters to make writing faster.

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