Latin alphabet
Alphabet used to write the Latin language / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Latin alphabet or Roman alphabet is the collection of letters originally used by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language. Largely unaltered with the exception of extensions (such as diacritics), it forms the Latin script that is used to write English and other modern European languages. With modifications, it is also used for other alphabets, such as the Vietnamese alphabet. Its modern repertoire is standardised as the ISO basic Latin alphabet.
| Latin | |
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| Script type | |
Time period | c. 700 BC – present |
| Official script | 131 sovereign states; co-official in 12 sovereign states and one supranational organization (see lists at § Usage below) |
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Parent systems | |
Child systems | Numerous Latin alphabets; also more divergent derivations such as Osage |
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| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Latn (215), Latin |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Latin |
| See Latin characters in Unicode | |
| Calligraphy |
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