Sunday 1 May 2016

The Letter N

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This feature is all about N.  N-dear me to you... ;-)

If unable to answer a question, you are encouraged to click the link of the article and search for answers there.

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1) The Egyptian character for the N sound is a wavy line. What does this image represent?


2) The Phoenician character for the N sound is called "nun" (rhymes with noon). What does the Phoenician word nun mean in English?


3) The Greek adopted the Phonician nun. What did the Greeks call it?

4) The Greeks and Romans incised their letters directly in ___ or inscribed them in ___  ___.

5) During the evolutionary change, what did the Romans do to the N's outside strokes, and what was added to it?



Clueless? Perhaps this link will help


N-chanting N!




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DL
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