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Question #1: What is generally considered to be the first form of written language?

Cuneiform was used for over 3000 years throughout the Near East by such cultures as the Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Hittites.

Question #3: Where does the word 'alphabet' come from?

The word alphabet comes from the first two letters of the Greek Alphabet - alpha and beta.

Question #4: Which of the following languages are written in the Cyrillic alphabet?

Russian and Bulgarian are written in the Cyrillic alphabet.

Question #5: What is the origin of the latin alphabet, used by the Romans?

The Latin alphabet was borrowed from the Etruscan language.

Question #6: Which stone helped in the deciphering of the hieroglyphs by European researchers?

The Rosetta Stone from 196 B.C. contains the same text in three languages which made it possible for researchers to understand the text written in hieroglyphs.