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The Latin alphabet, also known as the Roman alphabet, is the collection of letters originally used by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language.
Latin alphabet, the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world, the standard script of the English language and the languages of most of Europe and those areas settled by Europeans.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Learn about the origin, evolution and variations of the Latin alphabet, also known as the Roman alphabet. Find out how it is used to write different languages, with examples of accented letters, ligatures and special characters.
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Learn about the history, varieties and writing system of Latin, the ancient language of Rome and the Roman Empire. Compare the Classical, Ecclesiastical and Vulgar Latin alphabets and listen to sample texts.
The Latin script, also known as the Roman script, is a writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae in Magna Graecia.
Latin was written in the Latin alphabet (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, V, X), derived from the Etruscan alphabet, which was in turn drawn from the Greek alphabet and ultimately the Phoenician alphabet.
The Latin alphabet, also known as the Roman alphabet, is a collection of letters. This alphabet was originally used by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language. Today, we use it to write the English language. This alphabet evolved from the Phoenician alphabet
