Roman script

E566314
alphabet script writing system

The Roman script is an alphabetic writing system originating from ancient Rome that forms the basis of the modern Latin alphabet used for many of the world’s major languages.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Roman alphabet 3

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alphabet ⓘ
script ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
alternativeName Latin script ⓘ
Roman alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ
basisOf modern Latin alphabet ⓘ
developedFrom Etruscan alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greek alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Italic script NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBasicLetterCount 23 letters in Classical Latin ⓘ
26 letters in modern English alphabet ⓘ
hasCaseDistinction uppercase and lowercase letters ⓘ
hasDirection left-to-right ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock Basic Latin ⓘ
Latin Extended Additional ⓘ
Latin Extended-A ⓘ
Latin Extended-B ⓘ
Latin-1 Supplement NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced many modern orthographies ⓘ
originatesFrom Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
scriptFamily Latin script family ⓘ
standardizedIn classical Latin orthography ⓘ
timeOfOrigin around 7th century BCE ⓘ
usedBy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor Afrikaans language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Albanian language ⓘ
Basque language NERFINISHED ⓘ
CROATIAN language ⓘ
Catalan language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Czech language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Danish language ⓘ
Dutch language NERFINISHED ⓘ
English language ⓘ
Esperanto language ⓘ
Finnish language NERFINISHED ⓘ
French language ⓘ
Galician language NERFINISHED ⓘ
German language ⓘ
Haitian Creole language ⓘ
Hungarian language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indonesian language ⓘ
Irish language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italian language ⓘ
Latin language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malay language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norwegian language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polish language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portuguese language ⓘ
Romanian language ⓘ
Slovak language ⓘ
Slovene language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spanish language ⓘ
Swahili language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swedish language ⓘ
Tagalog language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkish language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vietnamese language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Welsh language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yoruba language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zulu language NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedForDigitalCommunication yes ⓘ
usedIn Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Central Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
parts of Africa ⓘ
parts of Asia ⓘ
writingSystemScope global ⓘ
writingSystemStatus dominant global script ⓘ
writingSystemType alphabetic ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Jingpo language → hasWritingSystem → Roman script ⓘ
Romanized Popular Alphabet → scriptBasis → Roman script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman alphabet
Sabah Malay → usesScript → Roman script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman alphabet
Latn → isAssociatedWith → Roman script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman alphabet