Home›Alphabets›Region of OriginBrowse ByRegion of OriginRegion of origin names the place a script first developed. Wikipedia notes the Latin script is "derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae in Magna Graecia," tracing its earliest known home to a single Greek colony in southern Italy. This dimension shows which regions have given the world their own writing systems.FactsRegion of OriginSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra Of EmergenceWell-attested1840 BCE 1Region of OriginFilter Results9 entriesArea (sq km)All29,743 (1)70,273 (1)110,993.6 (1)223,915 (1)811,569 (1)1,564,116 (1)6,142,700 (1)9,572,900 (1)Independence or Founding YearAll1908 (1)1921 (1)1922 (1)1949 (1)1991 (1)PopulationAll3,100,100 (1)3,591,120 (1)5,458,600 (1)6,423,207 (1)21,000,000 (1)77,620,000 (1)468,200,000 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 9ArmeniaRegion of Origin1 entryBulgariaRegion of Origin1 entryChinaRegion of Origin1 entryIrelandRegion of Origin1 entryItalian PeninsulaRegion of Origin1 entryThe Korean PeninsulaRegion of Origin1 entryMongoliaRegion of Origin2 entriesScandinaviaRegion of Origin1 entryWest AfricaRegion of Origin1 entrySources1. Wikipedia: AlphabetWikimedia FoundationHistory, Alphabets related to Phoenician, Ancient Near Eastern alphabetsQuote, History, Alphabets related to Phoenician, Ancient Near Eastern alphabetsIn the Middle Bronze Age, an apparently alphabetic system known as the Proto-Sinaitic script appeared in Egyptian turquoise mines in the Sinai Peninsula c. 1840 BC, apparently left by Canaanite workers.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.