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
Kadamba alphabet and adding typographical effects, was suitable for civic and religious inscriptions. "Kadamba-Pallava script" evolved into early forms of Kannada and Telugu scripts. Glyphs become more rounded and incorporate loops because of writing upon leaves and paper. The scripts which are descended from the "Kadamba-Pallava script" are Pyu script, Burmese, Mon, Kawi, Lanna, Tham, Khom, Khmer, Thai, Lao, Sinhalese and Tai Lue. Kadamba alphabet The Kadamba script (known as "Pre Old Kannada script") marks the birth of a dedicated script for writing Kannada. It is a descendant of the Brahmi script, an abugida visually close to the Kalinga alphabet. The Kadamba