It was probably the first alphabet to contain both vowels and consonants and to use separators for them.

Originally, the Classical Greek alphabet had slightly more letters than the New Greek alphabet. The signs Ϟ, ϟ (koppa) and Ϡ, ϡ (sampi) were only used to record numbers, so they went out of use. Even over time the signs of the archaic Greek alphabet[en] Ͱ, ͱ (heta), Ϻ, ϻ (san) stopped being used.

A few facts about the Greek alphabet:

• The Greek alphabet evolved from Phoenician and is unrelated to the earlier Greek writing systems, Linear B and Cypriot writing.
• About 55,000 ancient and medieval Greek manuscripts have survived.
•  The Greek alphabet is the basis of many other alphabets, including Latin, Cyrillic, and Middle Eastern alphabets.

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