The letters in the alphabets of the different
nations
vary in number from 12 to 202.
The Sandwich Islanders have the first named
number, the Burmese 19, Italian 20, Ben
galese 21, Hebrew, Syrian, Chaldean, and
Samaritan 22 each, Latin 26, Greek 24, Ger
man, Dutch, and English 26 each, Spanish and
Slavonic 27 each, Arabian 28, Persian and
Coptic 32, Georgian 35, Armenian 38, Russian
41, old Muscovite 43, and Sanskrit and many
other Oriental languages have 50 each. Ethiopian
and Tartarian have 2O2 each.