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1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading by B. A. Hathaway
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1. _What is Orthography?_
The science and art of the Letters of a language.

2. _Of what does Orthography treat?_
The nature and power of letters, and correct spelling.

3. _From what is the word Orthography derived?_
Two Greek words, signifying "To write right."

4. _What is a Letter?_
A character used to represent an elementary sound, or combination
of sounds.

5. _What is an Alphabet of a Language?_
A complete list of its letters.

6. _What is the origin of the word Alphabet?_
It is derived from the first two letters of the Greek Alphabet:
Alpha and Beta.

7. _Where did the Alphabet originate?_
The English comes from the Greek, which was brought by Cadmus from
Phoenicia, about the year 1490 B.C.

8. _What was the first Alphabet ever used?_
The Hebrew.

9 _How many letters were in the original Alphabet?_
Sixteen.
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