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WordBand 5–6Toofey picks
alphabet
/ˈælfəˌbɛt/
noun
The set of letters used to write a language, in a fixed order.
- “Children learn the alphabet before they learn to read.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))