Alphabet Alphabet An alphabet is a standard set of letters (basic written symbols or graphemes) that represent the phonemes (basic significant sounds) of any spoken language it is used to write. This is in contrast to other types of writing systems, such as syllabaries (in which each character represents a syllable) and logographic systems (in which each character represents a word, morpheme, or semantic unit). The first fully phonemic script, the Proto-Canaanite script, later known as the Phoenician alphabet, is considered to be the first alphabet, and is the ancestor of most modern alphabets, including Arabic, Greek, Latin, Cyrillic, Hebrew, and
Cyril Black been converted from a membership club into a limited company by Black's brother Sydney (its longtime chairman),but after his brother's death Sir Cyril agreed to sell the family holdings. In 1930, he and Dorothy Joyce, daughter of Thomas Birkett, Wigston Hall, Leicester were married. They had one son and two daughters. Sir Cyril Black was also grandfather to Andrew Black. He died 29 October 1991. Sir Cyril Black Way in Wimbledon is named after him as a former Councillor, Alderman and Member of Parliament, as was a community centre in central Wimbledon until its closure in 2012. Cyril Black Sir