Latin alphabet
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. Largely unaltered with the exception of additions (the letters ⟨J⟩, ⟨U⟩, and ⟨W⟩) and extensions (such as diacritics), it forms the Latin script that is used to write many modern European languages, including English. 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 | western Roman Republic and Roman Empire (with Greek alphabet used in the east) |
| Languages | Latin |
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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 | |
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