Prepare to dive deep into the fascinating history of the letters G, J, U, W, and Y. Ever wondered why these seemingly ordinary letters have such a peculiar backstory? This exploration uncovers the ...

However, the exact origins of the Latin alphabet now used by billions of people are relatively unknown, and very few people are actually aware that the Latin alphabet itself finds its roots in an ...

Century-old Tokyo geisha festival revives dying art The French then spread the Latin alphabet while training the civil servants who helped them govern Indochina, explained Khanh-Minh Bui, a doctoral ...

The history of romanized Vietnamese links the arrival of the first Christian missionaries, colonization by the French and the rise to power of the Communist Party.

The French then spread the Latin alphabet while training the civil servants who helped them govern Indochina, explained Khanh-Minh Bui, a doctoral student at the University of California, Berkeley ...

At a calligraphy class in Hanoi, Hoang Thi Thanh Huyen slides her brush across the page to form the letters and tonal marks of Vietnam's unique modern script, in part ...

Latin inscription from the first century AD. Credit: Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain The ancient Romans had myths discussing the origins of various aspects of their culture. They talked about the ...

A finger-sized clay cylinder from a tomb in northern Syria appears to be the oldest example of writing using an alphabet rather than hieroglyphs or cuneiform ...

Long before the “A, B, C Song” — built upon the Latin alphabet — and the alphas, betas and gammas of Ancient Greek, cultures around the world were communicating with one another.

World's oldest ALPHABET is discovered: Ancient 4,400-year-old text is found on clay cylinders from a tomb in Syria - and it upends everything we thought we knew about the origin of writing ...