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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Proto-Sinaitic/Proto-Canaanite 19 c. BCE
The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. It evolved from the western variety of the Greek alphabet called the Cumaean alphabet, which was borrowed and modified by the Etruscans who ruled early Rome, whose alphabet was then adapted and further modified by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language. During the Middle Ages, it was adapted to the Romance languages, the direct descendants of Latin, as well as to the Celtic, Germanic, Baltic, and some Slavic languages, and finally to most of the languages of Europe. With the age of colonialism and Christian evangelism, the Latin alphabet was spread overseas, and applied to Indigenous American, Indigenous Australian, Austronesian, East Asian, and African languages. More recently, western linguists have also tended to prefer the Latin alphabet or the International Phonetic Alphabet (itself largely based on the Latin alphabet) when transcribing or creating written standards for non-European languages, such as the African reference alphabet. In modern usage, the term Latin alphabet is used for any direct derivation of the alphabet first used to write Latin. These variants may discard letters from the classical Roman script (like the Rotokas alphabet) or add new characters to it, as from the Danish and Norwegian alphabet. Letter shapes have changed over the centuries, including the creation of entirely new lower case characters. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Can Taiwanese generally understand the Latin alphabet? Q. Particularly curious about the younger generation. Could they generally comprehend and be able to sound out the letters of the Roman alphabet? Asked by Chris - Mon May 10 21:39:03 2010 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. Of course they can. English education is mandatory here in Taiwan. "English is a common second language, with some large private schools providing English instruction. English is compulsory in students' curriculum once they enter elementary school. English as a school subject is also featured on Taiwan's education exams." Answered by We never left! - Tue May 11 23:28:17 2010 When did Germany change from the Blackletter script to the Latin alphabet? Q. I can't pin-point when, but I remember in high school, my German teacher said it was Hitler. He said if Germany was to take over the world, they had to adopt the Latin alphabet. I don't know if that's true or not, but I know he truly believed that. I am bi-racial, and he was born in East-Prussia. He was my favorite teacher, and I was his favorite student, so no racial undertones there. Whatever happened, I'm glad it changed over. Blackletter (Fraktur, Schwabacher) is hard to read, especially when you gotta remember what letter is what. Asked by Benjamin W - Sat Dec 9 00:42:17 2006 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. it was changed in 1942 (the nazis did it), but there are still some books that are printed in blackletter script. most germans can still read it because it's very similar to latin script. Answered by tine - Sat Dec 9 01:10:29 2006 Would it be much easier to read all languages when the Latin alphabet becomes universal?
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