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Some characters of the Latin alphabet (C, D, I, L, M, V) are used in the [[Roman numeral]] system, though unlike the Greek numeral system, not all the letters are used as numbers. | Some characters of the Latin alphabet (C, D, I, L, M, V) are used in the [[Roman numeral]] system, though unlike the Greek numeral system, not all the letters are used as numbers. | ||
The Latin language used the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, V, X, Y, and Z. Several other languages have added J, U, W, Ð, Þ, as well as a wide variety of [[diacritical mark]]s to many of the letters. | The classical Latin language used the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, V, X, Y, and Z. Several other languages have added J, U, W, Ð, Þ, as well as a wide variety of [[diacritical mark]]s to many of the letters. | ||
The most typical and well-known variant of the Latin alphabet is now the [[English alphabet]] which is similar in many other languages, with the following letters in the following order: [[A (letter)|A]], [[B (letter)|B]], [[C (letter)|C]], [[D (letter)|D]], [[E (letter)|E]], [[F (letter)|F]], [[G (letter)|G]], [[H (letter)|H]], [[I (letter)|I]], [[J (letter)|J]], [[K (letter)|K]], [[L (letter)|L]], [[M (letter)|M]], [[N (letter)|N]], [[O (letter)|O]], [[P (letter)|P]], [[Q (letter)|Q]], [[R (letter)|R]], [[S (letter)|S]], [[T (letter)|T]], [[U (letter)|U]], [[V (letter)|V]], [[W (letter)|W]], [[X (letter)|X]], [[Y (letter)|Y]], [[Z (letter)|Z]]. | The most typical and well-known variant of the Latin alphabet is now the [[English alphabet]] which is similar in many other languages, with the following twenty-six letters in the following order: [[A (letter)|A]], [[B (letter)|B]], [[C (letter)|C]], [[D (letter)|D]], [[E (letter)|E]], [[F (letter)|F]], [[G (letter)|G]], [[H (letter)|H]], [[I (letter)|I]], [[J (letter)|J]], [[K (letter)|K]], [[L (letter)|L]], [[M (letter)|M]], [[N (letter)|N]], [[O (letter)|O]], [[P (letter)|P]], [[Q (letter)|Q]], [[R (letter)|R]], [[S (letter)|S]], [[T (letter)|T]], [[U (letter)|U]], [[V (letter)|V]], [[W (letter)|W]], [[X (letter)|X]], [[Y (letter)|Y]], [[Z (letter)|Z]]. | ||
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The Latin alphabet is the alphabet used by the Romans for the Latin language. The Latin alphabet is derived from, and very similar to, the Greek alphabet. With some modifications, it is the alphabet currently used for English, Spanish, German, French, as well as all the other Romance languages, all the other Germanic languages, some Slavic languages, Turkish, Albanian, Hungarian, Finnish, and others.
Some characters of the Latin alphabet (C, D, I, L, M, V) are used in the Roman numeral system, though unlike the Greek numeral system, not all the letters are used as numbers.
The classical Latin language used the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, V, X, Y, and Z. Several other languages have added J, U, W, Ð, Þ, as well as a wide variety of diacritical marks to many of the letters.
The most typical and well-known variant of the Latin alphabet is now the English alphabet which is similar in many other languages, with the following twenty-six letters in the following order: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.