Turkish used to be written with the Arabic alphabet from about 900 to 1928. In order to increase literacy in the country and to modernize Turkey, the Latin alphabet was introduced and adopted after ...

If your students love How the Grinch Stole Christmas, they’ll light up at this writing activity. These printable Grinch writing prompts turn a familiar holiday favorite into a meaningful literacy ...

The Polish alphabet has 32 letters, nine of which are unique. Considering that some of the letters form digraphs and even one trigraph, this adds up to a total of 17 signs, which you’ll unfortunately ...

As part of its centennial celebrations, Sharjah Public Libraries (SPL) launched ‘The History of Letters and Movement’ exhibition at Al Rahmaniyah Mall, which runs until July 20, in collaboration with ...

There are 195 countries on the map, but can you name one for every letter of the alphabet? Find out if any letters lack representation. We did the math so you don’t have to. Read on to find out ...

The IMA highlights the art of writing in the Arab world, with the exhibition "Ecrire ou calligraphier? The Arabic alphabet sublimated", on view from February 5 to September 21, 2025. To be read This ...

Did you know that there is a military alphabet? This is a special phonetic alphabet that is used by the military to communicate over radios and other devices. The military alphabet was created in ...

10 facts about Arabic. Get your head around tongue twisters and jokes. It's also available in Arabic with audio. Get started with 20 audio phrases and learn how to say a range of useful phrases from ...

The accepted story is that the first alphabet developed in the Sinai Peninsula around 1,900 B.C., an innovation on Egyptian hieroglyphics, but a discovery in a tomb in Syria challenges that narrative.

Just outside the Syrian city of Aleppo, archaeologists have discovered what may be the oldest example of alphabetic writing ever found. Ahmad Sofi via Unsplash UPDATE: This story has been updated to ...