Phoenician alphabet

Have you ever tried to write a really big word, but you didn't know how to spell it? Well, thousands of years ago, people had the same problem. But instead of writing words with pictures like they used to do, some people in a place called Phoenicia came up with a cool new way to write words using just a few simple symbols.

The Phoenician alphabet was made up of only 22 letters, which is a lot less than all the letters we use today. Each of these letters was a simple picture that stood for a certain sound in their language. For example, one letter might look like a U and another might look like an upside-down V. When you put these letters together, they can make different words and sentences just like how using letters today can make different words and sentences.

People all over the world liked the Phoenician alphabet so much that they started using it too. Eventually, it changed and became the alphabet we use today in English and many other languages. So, next time you write a word, think about the Phoenician people who started it all!