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The Story of the Alphabet

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happened once m the history of mankind Available evidence seems to
show that all die alphabets of the world are traceable to one source.

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FIG. 6 —BRITISH TRAFFIC SIGNS
Nos   3, 4,  65 7,   8 show  pictograrns   No. 5 is an ideogram (logogram)
No, I contains an ideogram with alphabetic writing No 2 shpws a pictograjn*
ideogram, and alphabetic writing