Latin alphabet

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alphabet script writing system

The Latin alphabet is the writing system originally used for Latin that has become the most widely adopted script in the world, forming the basis of many modern languages including English, Spanish, and French.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
Latin script	105
Classical Latin alphabet	2
Spanish alphabet	2
English alphabet	1
ISO basic Latin alphabet	1
Latin alphabet (for Mapudungun)	1
Latin alphabet (for many languages)	1
Latin script (for many modern orthographies)	1
Medieval Latin alphabet	1
Modern Latin alphabet	1

Statements (93)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	alphabet ⓘ script ⓘ writing system ⓘ
developedFrom	Old Italic script ⓘ surface form: Etruscan alphabet Old Italic script ⓘ
encodedIn	Unicode ⓘ
hasBasicLetters	A ⓘ B ⓘ C ⓘ D ⓘ E ⓘ F ⓘ G ⓘ H ⓘ I ⓘ J ⓘ K ⓘ L ⓘ M ⓘ N ⓘ O ⓘ P ⓘ Q ⓘ R ⓘ S ⓘ T ⓘ U ⓘ V ⓘ W ⓘ X ⓘ Y ⓘ Z ⓘ
hasDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
hasExtendedForms	Latin Extended-A ⓘ Latin Extended-B ⓘ
hasStandardLetterCount	26 letters in modern English usage ⓘ
hasUppercaseAndLowercase	true ⓘ
hasVariants	Latin alphabet self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Classical Latin alphabet Latin alphabet self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Medieval Latin alphabet Latin alphabet self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Modern Latin alphabet
influenced	Croatian alphabet ⓘ Czech alphabet ⓘ Hungarian alphabet ⓘ Polish alphabet ⓘ Romanian alphabet ⓘ Slovak alphabet ⓘ Swahili orthography ⓘ Turkish alphabet ⓘ Vietnamese alphabet ⓘ
isMostWidelyUsedWritingSystem	true ⓘ
originatedIn	Roman Empire ⓘ surface form: Ancient Rome
ultimatelyDerivedFrom	Greek alphabet ⓘ Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
UnicodeBlock	Basic Latin ⓘ Latin Extended Additional ⓘ Latin Extended-A ⓘ Latin Extended-B ⓘ Latin-1 Supplement ⓘ
usedForTransliterationOf	Arabic script ⓘ Chinese characters ⓘ Cyrillic script ⓘ Greek script ⓘ
usedIn	Americas ⓘ Europe ⓘ Oceania ⓘ parts of Africa ⓘ parts of Asia ⓘ
usedInDigitalCommunication	true ⓘ
usedInInternationalStandards	Latin alphabet self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ISO basic Latin alphabet
writingSystemFor	Afrikaans language ⓘ Czech language ⓘ Danish language ⓘ Dutch language ⓘ English language ⓘ Esperanto ⓘ Finnish language ⓘ French language ⓘ German language ⓘ Indonesian language ⓘ Italian language ⓘ Latin language ⓘ Malay language ⓘ Norwegian language ⓘ Polish language ⓘ Portuguese language ⓘ Romanian language ⓘ Spanish language ⓘ Swahili language ⓘ Swedish language ⓘ Tagalog language ⓘ Turkish language ⓘ Vietnamese alphabet ⓘ surface form: Vietnamese language
writingSystemType	alphabetic ⓘ

Referenced by (642)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bosniaks → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin script

Brian → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Bronstein → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Bühler → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

CC → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

CO → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

CT → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Carine → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Carlo → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Carmelo → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Carolinian → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin script

Caterina → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Celtiberian → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Central German languages → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin script

Central Swedish dialects → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Charlene → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Charles-Michel → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Chas → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Chaz → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Child → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Chin → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Chocoano Spanish → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Christiaan → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Claire → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Clara → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Claudiianus → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Claudio → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Cleave → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Clive → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Codex Bezae → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Colin → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Cora → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin script

Corachol → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin script

Cotton Caligula A.ix → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Cotton Nero A.x → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Cotton Nero A.x manuscript collection → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Crystal → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

DK → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

DO → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Dag → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin script

Dasgupta → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin script

Davies → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Davis → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Derek → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Desmond → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

"Die ysterkoei moet sweet" → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

subject surface form: Die ysterkoei moet sweet

Diegueño → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin script

Don → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

Dongolawi → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin script