Alpha (uppercase , lowercase ) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of one. Alpha is derived from the Phoenician letter aleph , whose name comes from the West Semitic word for 'ox'. Letters that arose from alpha include the Latin letter and the Cyrillic letter .
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Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet, with a numerical value of one in ancient Greek number systems. It matters because it's a foundational letter whose origins trace back to the Phoenician alphabet and from which other writing systems, including Latin and Cyrillic, ultimately derived their own first letters.
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- International Phonetic Alphabet
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- Alpha and Omega
- Unicode
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Alpha (uppercase , lowercase ) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of one. Alpha is derived from the Phoenician letter aleph , whose name comes from the West Semitic word for 'ox'. Letters that arose from alpha include the Latin letter and the Cyrillic letter .
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