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

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.

Greg → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Gretchen → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Grover → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin script
Guaraní → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin script
Guarijío → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin script
Guglielmo → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Guilherme → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Gustaf → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Gwich’in → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin script
GÖ → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Gábor → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
HD → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Hal → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Halkomelem → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin script
Hamish → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Hans → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Heinsius → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Helmut → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Henri → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Honoré → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Horácio → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Howe → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Hungarians → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
ICOCA → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
IGWT → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Igbo → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Igbo people → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Ignacy → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Ilkenau → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Ilonggo → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin script
Inari Sámi → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin script
Inuinnaqtun → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Istro-Romanian → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin script
Itsekiri people → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin script
JBU → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Janet → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Janice → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Japonic languages → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Javanese → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Jem → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Josefa → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Judezmo → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Julia → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Julius → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
KE → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Kalaallisut → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Karen → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Karl → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin script
Kathryn → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ
Keir → writingSystem → Latin alphabet ⓘ