eli5 why do most alphabets begin with A?

Question

I don’t know if it’s all,but of the languages I studied all of them start with A or A sound.

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Answer 1

All the alphabets are related. They come from the ancient Greek alphabet. There have been a lot of divergence through the last 2500 years but one of the things that have stuck around in most alphabets are the ordering. There are exceptions but mostly obscure ones.