> Linguists have basically defined “alphabet” to mean the symbols the Greeks used (by deciding to require symbols for vowels in an “alphabet”). Why do you say

> Linguists have basically defined “alphabet” to mean the symbols the Greeks used (by deciding to require symbols for vowels in an “alphabet”). Why do you say that? I see you have a string of reasoning, but lots of people do. What are yours based on? Are you a linguist? Did you read a book? By who?