At what age to Chinese kids learn the latin alphabet?
Q. Is the latin alphabet present in a chinese person's surroundings [excluding the internet]? Also, when (if ever) do chinese students learn the latin alphabet. Lastly -- Do native chinese people use pinyin?
Asked by neverknew - Mon Jun 22 04:39:22 2009 - - 1 Answers - 1 Comments
A. I have been teaching ESL in China for the past five years. During the weekday mornings, I teach preschool and kindergarten students between the ages of 2 and 6. My preschool classes are learning their ABCs and simple words. My kinders are learning more complex words and simple sentences. Chinese generally don't use true pinyin (with tone markes), but I do see the romanized spellings (without tone markers)quite frequently. However, pinyin with tone markers is taught in kindergarten on up through grade school. At least in all the schools I have worked for. I really don't see it anywhere else.
Answered by Earthling - Mon Jun 22 05:00:55 2009
Q. Is the latin alphabet present in a chinese person's surroundings [excluding the internet]? Also, when (if ever) do chinese students learn the latin alphabet. Lastly -- Do native chinese people use pinyin?
Asked by neverknew - Mon Jun 22 04:39:22 2009 - - 1 Answers - 1 Comments
A. I have been teaching ESL in China for the past five years. During the weekday mornings, I teach preschool and kindergarten students between the ages of 2 and 6. My preschool classes are learning their ABCs and simple words. My kinders are learning more complex words and simple sentences. Chinese generally don't use true pinyin (with tone markes), but I do see the romanized spellings (without tone markers)quite frequently. However, pinyin with tone markers is taught in kindergarten on up through grade school. At least in all the schools I have worked for. I really don't see it anywhere else.
Answered by Earthling - Mon Jun 22 05:00:55 2009
Writing in japanese using latin alphabet?
Q. I am learning japanese but wouldn't be able to use their three main alphabets as their rather difficult to learn, so would i be able to use the latin alphabet for any word if i were to visit the country?
Asked by unknown - Sat Mar 27 10:14:18 2010 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Keep in mind though that you'll need to learn to write in actual Japanese if you intend to stay there for more than a visit.
Answered by .DS. - Sat Mar 27 10:16:08 2010
Q. I am learning japanese but wouldn't be able to use their three main alphabets as their rather difficult to learn, so would i be able to use the latin alphabet for any word if i were to visit the country?
Asked by unknown - Sat Mar 27 10:14:18 2010 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Keep in mind though that you'll need to learn to write in actual Japanese if you intend to stay there for more than a visit.
Answered by .DS. - Sat Mar 27 10:16:08 2010
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
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
How is the Latin alphabet different from the English alphabet?
Q. Please no sarcasm or anything, i really need to know.
Asked by Uncommon Teen Boy - Sun Aug 23 20:02:55 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments
A. The two longer answers are really good. I'd just like to add that, when the Latin alphabet was first created, the letters Y & Z were not a part of it, along with J, U & W. Y & Z were later adopted from the Greek alphabet, then abandoned, then adopted again. Here's proof: "After the Roman conquest of Greece in the first century BC, Latin adopted the Greek letters Y and Z (or rather readopted, in the latter case) to write Greek loanwords, placing them at the end of the alphabet. An attempt by the emperor Claudius to introduce three additional letters did not last. Thus it was that during the classical Latin period the Latin alphabet contained 23 letters." (So the 3 letters that were missing during the classical Latin period were only… [cont.]
Answered by Drew Carey - Tue Aug 25 02:21:36 2009
Q. Please no sarcasm or anything, i really need to know.
Asked by Uncommon Teen Boy - Sun Aug 23 20:02:55 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments
A. The two longer answers are really good. I'd just like to add that, when the Latin alphabet was first created, the letters Y & Z were not a part of it, along with J, U & W. Y & Z were later adopted from the Greek alphabet, then abandoned, then adopted again. Here's proof: "After the Roman conquest of Greece in the first century BC, Latin adopted the Greek letters Y and Z (or rather readopted, in the latter case) to write Greek loanwords, placing them at the end of the alphabet. An attempt by the emperor Claudius to introduce three additional letters did not last. Thus it was that during the classical Latin period the Latin alphabet contained 23 letters." (So the 3 letters that were missing during the classical Latin period were only… [cont.]
Answered by Drew Carey - Tue Aug 25 02:21:36 2009
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
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
what term is used for using Latin alphabet characters for writing Japanese words?
Q. Not sure if there is such a term. As an example the word hello in Japanese written in Western characters would be konnichiwa.
Asked by Mermaid - Thu Aug 28 01:18:24 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Romaji. Technically it's "r maji," "roomaji," or "roumaji," but most people just spell it "romaji." Never spell it "romanji," even though it comes from the word "Roman" (as in the Roman alphabet, also called the Latin alphabet). If you're interested, here's a fun romaji / hiragana / katakana converter:
Answered by Kelly - Thu Aug 28 01:23:16 2008
Q. Not sure if there is such a term. As an example the word hello in Japanese written in Western characters would be konnichiwa.
Asked by Mermaid - Thu Aug 28 01:18:24 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Romaji. Technically it's "r maji," "roomaji," or "roumaji," but most people just spell it "romaji." Never spell it "romanji," even though it comes from the word "Roman" (as in the Roman alphabet, also called the Latin alphabet). If you're interested, here's a fun romaji / hiragana / katakana converter:
Answered by Kelly - Thu Aug 28 01:23:16 2008
what do you call arabic written in latin alphabet,i would like to know so i could learn how to say the words?
Q. I don't already know the arabic written in arabic characters, i would like to learn each arabic word before learn how to write the arabic writing,and also i could order an arabic dictionary with the words written in latin alphabet if i knew the name for it first.
Asked by mike - Sat Jun 12 10:43:03 2010 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. This is called romanization. When looking at the comparison table in the link below, look at the far right column 'online script' to see the possible transliteration choices for each letter. I didn't know you could get such a dictionary! I use Hans Wehr's Arabic-English dictionary, it's the best in my opinion. It's not hard to learn the Arabic alphabet and much better to do that than try and get by with romanization. It won't take you more than a week. You can see the roots and patterns in the words much better if you read the Arabic.
Answered by Susan - Mon Jun 14 06:10:30 2010
Q. I don't already know the arabic written in arabic characters, i would like to learn each arabic word before learn how to write the arabic writing,and also i could order an arabic dictionary with the words written in latin alphabet if i knew the name for it first.
Asked by mike - Sat Jun 12 10:43:03 2010 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. This is called romanization. When looking at the comparison table in the link below, look at the far right column 'online script' to see the possible transliteration choices for each letter. I didn't know you could get such a dictionary! I use Hans Wehr's Arabic-English dictionary, it's the best in my opinion. It's not hard to learn the Arabic alphabet and much better to do that than try and get by with romanization. It won't take you more than a week. You can see the roots and patterns in the words much better if you read the Arabic.
Answered by Susan - Mon Jun 14 06:10:30 2010
What is the closest language to Russian that uses the latin alphabet?
Q. Czech, Polish, Croatian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Bosnian, etc... Does anyone know which is closest to Russian? Yes Justin, I know they're all related but I want the one that is closest, I taight myself the cyrillic alphabet but I have to read the words really slowly because a majority of them look latin :/
Asked by Young Raelian - Sat Apr 24 23:58:23 2010 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments
A. As a Czech I can assure you that Czechs could NOT understand Russian and vice versa. While these languages are Slavic, they are not related to be mutually understandable. My experience with Russian during in post 1968 occupation they did not understand almost nothing in Czech or Slovak and with my travel in Russia, I could not understand anything either. For anyone claiming that Czechs understand Russian, you do not know either. These languages split from proto-Slavic well 1500 years ago and have never been interacted until the 20th century. Czechs can only understand Slovaks, and very limited Polish. The language that can be similar to Russian is Ukrainian, but the alphabet does not have much to do with the mutual understanding. … [cont.]
Answered by moravianhawk - Sun Apr 25 00:38:41 2010
Q. Czech, Polish, Croatian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Bosnian, etc... Does anyone know which is closest to Russian? Yes Justin, I know they're all related but I want the one that is closest, I taight myself the cyrillic alphabet but I have to read the words really slowly because a majority of them look latin :/
Asked by Young Raelian - Sat Apr 24 23:58:23 2010 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments
A. As a Czech I can assure you that Czechs could NOT understand Russian and vice versa. While these languages are Slavic, they are not related to be mutually understandable. My experience with Russian during in post 1968 occupation they did not understand almost nothing in Czech or Slovak and with my travel in Russia, I could not understand anything either. For anyone claiming that Czechs understand Russian, you do not know either. These languages split from proto-Slavic well 1500 years ago and have never been interacted until the 20th century. Czechs can only understand Slovaks, and very limited Polish. The language that can be similar to Russian is Ukrainian, but the alphabet does not have much to do with the mutual understanding. … [cont.]
Answered by moravianhawk - Sun Apr 25 00:38:41 2010
Why do Japanese based companies use with a worldwide presence use the Latin alphabet in their branding?
Q. Lets use Sony and Nintendo as Examples. First both companies were started in Japan and are still based in Japan. However, their comany logos use the Latin alphabet to spell their respective brand names in their logos. you can search for images of both of the corperate headquarters online. In addition both use Latin characters on products, even if it only is going to be released in Japan (For example, the Game Boy Light). Is there any reason for this? Wouldn't it make more sense to use a Japanese Alphabet Why don't they use Kana characters in Japan, or Cyrilic in Russia, Similar to how Coca-Cola translates their brand name in to the respective alphabet when doing bussiness in a country, (I've been to Russia, the Coke bottles are printed in… [cont.]
Asked by antcomp2002 - Tue Jun 19 22:43:17 2007 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. We Japanese used to lean "Hebon ROMAJI" in our school. It was invented by James Curtis Hepburn. It misheard it. He wrote Japanese with Latin alphbets.
Answered by tarumemu - Wed Jun 20 09:37:36 2007
Q. Lets use Sony and Nintendo as Examples. First both companies were started in Japan and are still based in Japan. However, their comany logos use the Latin alphabet to spell their respective brand names in their logos. you can search for images of both of the corperate headquarters online. In addition both use Latin characters on products, even if it only is going to be released in Japan (For example, the Game Boy Light). Is there any reason for this? Wouldn't it make more sense to use a Japanese Alphabet Why don't they use Kana characters in Japan, or Cyrilic in Russia, Similar to how Coca-Cola translates their brand name in to the respective alphabet when doing bussiness in a country, (I've been to Russia, the Coke bottles are printed in… [cont.]
Asked by antcomp2002 - Tue Jun 19 22:43:17 2007 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. We Japanese used to lean "Hebon ROMAJI" in our school. It was invented by James Curtis Hepburn. It misheard it. He wrote Japanese with Latin alphbets.
Answered by tarumemu - Wed Jun 20 09:37:36 2007
What's the equivalent of these arabic words in latin alphabet please?
Q. south (I mean how do you pronounce them) thanks! Thanks!! Is the J hard like in english, or could it be pronounced like SH?
Asked by Qwhitehonestly - Mon Feb 4 08:26:55 2008 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments
A. The meaning of "south" is It is pronounced as ja-noob The J is hard like in english, not like SH
Answered by me - Mon Feb 4 13:08:18 2008
Q. south (I mean how do you pronounce them) thanks! Thanks!! Is the J hard like in english, or could it be pronounced like SH?
Asked by Qwhitehonestly - Mon Feb 4 08:26:55 2008 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments
A. The meaning of "south" is It is pronounced as ja-noob The J is hard like in english, not like SH
Answered by me - Mon Feb 4 13:08:18 2008
If we use the Latin alphabet, where do the numbers we use (1234567890) come from?
Q. I know they're not from Latin, hence Latin used Roman Numerals (I, II, III, IV, etc.) And I've also realized that most if not all modern-day languages also use 1234567890. Are they Greek? Does anyone know?
Asked by yourx3juststopped - Sat Feb 7 15:09:59 2009 - - 14 Answers - 0 Comments
A. As you will see from this link the Numbers Shapes were based on angles, sorry I took a while to find them, I did know :)
Answered by Jeff 001 - Sat Feb 7 15:25:28 2009
Q. I know they're not from Latin, hence Latin used Roman Numerals (I, II, III, IV, etc.) And I've also realized that most if not all modern-day languages also use 1234567890. Are they Greek? Does anyone know?
Asked by yourx3juststopped - Sat Feb 7 15:09:59 2009 - - 14 Answers - 0 Comments
A. As you will see from this link the Numbers Shapes were based on angles, sorry I took a while to find them, I did know :)
Answered by Jeff 001 - Sat Feb 7 15:25:28 2009
How do you write, using the Latin alphabet, "young lady" in Russian, Hungarian, and Swedish?
Q. How do you write, using the Latin alphabet, "young lady" in Russian, Hungarian, and Swedish?
Asked by Nellie L - Wed Feb 3 05:50:07 2010 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Russian E - yUnaya lyEdi
Answered by vikakopi - Tue Feb 9 05:18:53 2010
Q. How do you write, using the Latin alphabet, "young lady" in Russian, Hungarian, and Swedish?
Asked by Nellie L - Wed Feb 3 05:50:07 2010 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Russian E - yUnaya lyEdi
Answered by vikakopi - Tue Feb 9 05:18:53 2010
Could someone please translate this phrase to farsi for me in both perso-arabic script and the latin alphabet?
Q. "We are always together in the sky" thanks
Asked by gamerone_2002 - Wed Jun 17 10:57:40 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. "Ma ba-ham hamishe toe asemoon hastim " Farsi script is correct not Arabic script
Answered by Sina - Wed Jun 17 14:13:12 2009
Q. "We are always together in the sky" thanks
Asked by gamerone_2002 - Wed Jun 17 10:57:40 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. "Ma ba-ham hamishe toe asemoon hastim " Farsi script is correct not Arabic script
Answered by Sina - Wed Jun 17 14:13:12 2009
How do you say "The Traitor" in Russian, but using the Latin alphabet?
Q. How do you say "The Traitor" in Russian, but using the Latin alphabet?
Asked by FemiKuti - Fri Mar 19 02:08:10 2010 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Izmennik or predatel
Answered by kotulenka - Fri Mar 19 02:22:15 2010
Q. How do you say "The Traitor" in Russian, but using the Latin alphabet?
Asked by FemiKuti - Fri Mar 19 02:08:10 2010 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Izmennik or predatel
Answered by kotulenka - Fri Mar 19 02:22:15 2010
When the Chinese use Google China, do they use Chinese characters or the Latin alphabet?
Q. Just to make sure I'm perfectly clear...if they type in "China" do they do it in the latin alphabet as I just did or the symbols that they use (I forget what they're called in Chinese)? How does it work? I'm working on stuff and trying to figure it out. I realize this is probably a dumb question but...I really don't know how that works Just to make sure I'm perfectly clear...if they type in "China" do they do it in the latin alphabet as I just did or the symbols that they use (I forget what they're called in Chinese)?
Asked by fslcaptain737 - Mon Aug 31 20:40:24 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments
A. I use both the Latin alphabet and Chinese characters depending on what I am searching for. As to inputting Chinese, like most people, I use Pinyin. For example, I switch to Chinese input, type 'zhong then 'guo' See pictures 1 and 2. This gives me , the Chinese for 'China' If the Pinyin is the pronunciation of many characters, I am presented with a list in order of common usage and I pick the one I need. See picture 3, which shows a partial list for 'ma' . Incidentally, I have lived in China for over 13 years and have never seen a keyboard with keys also labelled with "strokes and ideograms". Keyboards are the same as in the West.
Answered by Liuzhou Laowai - Tue Sep 1 00:20:12 2009
Q. Just to make sure I'm perfectly clear...if they type in "China" do they do it in the latin alphabet as I just did or the symbols that they use (I forget what they're called in Chinese)? How does it work? I'm working on stuff and trying to figure it out. I realize this is probably a dumb question but...I really don't know how that works Just to make sure I'm perfectly clear...if they type in "China" do they do it in the latin alphabet as I just did or the symbols that they use (I forget what they're called in Chinese)?
Asked by fslcaptain737 - Mon Aug 31 20:40:24 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments
A. I use both the Latin alphabet and Chinese characters depending on what I am searching for. As to inputting Chinese, like most people, I use Pinyin. For example, I switch to Chinese input, type 'zhong then 'guo' See pictures 1 and 2. This gives me , the Chinese for 'China' If the Pinyin is the pronunciation of many characters, I am presented with a list in order of common usage and I pick the one I need. See picture 3, which shows a partial list for 'ma' . Incidentally, I have lived in China for over 13 years and have never seen a keyboard with keys also labelled with "strokes and ideograms". Keyboards are the same as in the West.
Answered by Liuzhou Laowai - Tue Sep 1 00:20:12 2009
What the BEST SYSTEM [the MORE PRACTICAL] of R MAJI [JAPANESE in LATIN ALPHABET]?:?
Q. HEPBURN or HEBON-Shiki system? NIHON-SHIKI? KUNREI-SHIKI? JSL?
Asked by Ana & Alex - Sat Dec 12 15:04:02 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Hepburn with an additional distinction between / and / .
Answered by Mitch_ - Sat Dec 12 15:40:54 2009
Q. HEPBURN or HEBON-Shiki system? NIHON-SHIKI? KUNREI-SHIKI? JSL?
Asked by Ana & Alex - Sat Dec 12 15:04:02 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Hepburn with an additional distinction between / and / .
Answered by Mitch_ - Sat Dec 12 15:40:54 2009
What is the latin american spanish alphabet?
Q. My girlfriend is from Spain so she only knows the Spain version. But my Spanish class is Latin American Spanish and I already noticed some differences. I mean it's pronounced differently
Asked by Me - Tue Jan 27 20:38:17 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Yes, for example Latinamericans pronunce the Z, C and S as the S sound in english. While in Spain pronunce the S as S sound in english, but the Z and C they pronunce like "th" sound in word "the".
Answered by ntonio GL 9 - Wed Jan 28 15:44:15 2009
Q. My girlfriend is from Spain so she only knows the Spain version. But my Spanish class is Latin American Spanish and I already noticed some differences. I mean it's pronounced differently
Asked by Me - Tue Jan 27 20:38:17 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Yes, for example Latinamericans pronunce the Z, C and S as the S sound in english. While in Spain pronunce the S as S sound in english, but the Z and C they pronunce like "th" sound in word "the".
Answered by ntonio GL 9 - Wed Jan 28 15:44:15 2009
What is the fifth letter of the basic Latin alphabet ?
Q. What is the fifth letter of the basic Latin alphabet ?
Asked by . . . . - Wed Jul 22 03:37:39 2009 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Ee
Answered by Kate - Wed Jul 22 03:40:49 2009
Q. What is the fifth letter of the basic Latin alphabet ?
Asked by . . . . - Wed Jul 22 03:37:39 2009 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Ee
Answered by Kate - Wed Jul 22 03:40:49 2009
How is it that English descended from Germanic language but its alphabet and vocabulary resembles Latin?
Q. How is it that Latin and Germanic language have similar alphabets? What is the relation between Germanic language and Latin???
Asked by Bigbang - Mon Jan 4 10:04:38 2010 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments
A. First, Latin and German are distant cousins in the Indo-European language family. Both are rather highly inflected, with similar uses of the various cases. As a result, knowing one helps with the other even though the actual vocabularies are largely different. The reason for the similar alphabets is that German had NO true alphabet (well, runes) before it came into contact with Latin. Most non-Romance European languages were first put into writing by Christian missionaries in the Dark Ages (In fact, as a general rule, if a language is written in the Latin alphabet, the country is or used to be Catholic, and if the language is written in the Cyrillic [Russian] alphabet, the country is predominantly Orthodox.) Now, the reason… [cont.]
Answered by aida - Mon Jan 4 16:38:56 2010
Q. How is it that Latin and Germanic language have similar alphabets? What is the relation between Germanic language and Latin???
Asked by Bigbang - Mon Jan 4 10:04:38 2010 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments
A. First, Latin and German are distant cousins in the Indo-European language family. Both are rather highly inflected, with similar uses of the various cases. As a result, knowing one helps with the other even though the actual vocabularies are largely different. The reason for the similar alphabets is that German had NO true alphabet (well, runes) before it came into contact with Latin. Most non-Romance European languages were first put into writing by Christian missionaries in the Dark Ages (In fact, as a general rule, if a language is written in the Latin alphabet, the country is or used to be Catholic, and if the language is written in the Cyrillic [Russian] alphabet, the country is predominantly Orthodox.) Now, the reason… [cont.]
Answered by aida - Mon Jan 4 16:38:56 2010
Which two letters are missing from the Latin alphabet?
Q. Which two English letters don't exist in the Latin dictionary
Asked by Jus Asking - Sun Jan 17 15:59:30 2010 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments
A. W and J. Z and K were both used in Latin, but were very rare. W was invented from a ligature of two v's by a certain Germanic scholar. J, on the other hand, was used in the composition of late Roman Numerals but was never used by the Romans to write words. It wouldn't gain usage in the Latin alphabet until the Middle Ages. Edit: James is correct that U was also absent from the Latin alphabet, the sound was represented by "v".
Answered by Mikhail - Sun Jan 17 16:22:59 2010
Q. Which two English letters don't exist in the Latin dictionary
Asked by Jus Asking - Sun Jan 17 15:59:30 2010 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments
A. W and J. Z and K were both used in Latin, but were very rare. W was invented from a ligature of two v's by a certain Germanic scholar. J, on the other hand, was used in the composition of late Roman Numerals but was never used by the Romans to write words. It wouldn't gain usage in the Latin alphabet until the Middle Ages. Edit: James is correct that U was also absent from the Latin alphabet, the sound was represented by "v".
Answered by Mikhail - Sun Jan 17 16:22:59 2010
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