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Latin alphabet
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English
Etymology
Latin + alphabet.
Pronunciation
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Noun
The 26-letter alphabet consisting of the following letters (presented in majuscule and minuscule pairs):
A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Any relatively minor variation of the 26-letter Latin alphabet.
Usage notes
The Latin alphabet is used in variant forms by many languages, including Romance languages, Germanic, Celtic, some Slavic languages, Amerindian, Indigenous Australian, Austronesian, Vietnamese, Malay and Indonesian languages. The variant Latin alphabets of many of those languages discard letters from or add letters to the classical Latin alphabet. The term en Latin script is often used for the entire family of alphabets.
Synonyms
en Latin script, en Roman script, en Roman alphabet
abbreviations: (ISO 15924) Latn
Related terms
en Cyrillic script
Translations
the 26-letter alphabet
Arabic: ar كِتَابَة لَاتِينِيَّة f kitāba lātīniyya, ar لَاتِينِيَّة f, ar رُومَانِيَّة f
Asturian: ast alfabetu llatinu m
Belarusian: be лаці́нка f, be лаці́ніца f
Bulgarian: bg лати́ница f
Carpathian Rusyn: rue абеце́да f
Catalan: ca alfabet llatí m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 拉丁字母 lādīng zìmǔ, cmn 羅馬字 luómǎzì, cmn 羅馬字母 luómǎ zìmǔ
Czech: cs latinka f
Danish: da latinske alfabet n
Dutch: nl Latijnse alfabet
Esperanto: eo latina alfabeto
Estonian: et Ladina tähestik
Finnish: fi latinalaiset aakkoset
French: fr alphabet latin m
German: de lateinisches Alphabet n
Greek: el λατινικό αλφάβητο n
Hebrew: he אלפבית לטיני alfabet latini, he כתב לטיני m Ktab Latini
Hindi: hi रोमन लिपि f
Hungarian: hu latin ábécé
Ido: io Latinal alfabeto
Irish: ga aibítir Laidineach f, ga aibítir Rómhánach f
Italian: it alfabeto latino m
Japanese: ja ローマ字 ローマじ, rōmaji, ja ラテン文字 ラテンもじ, raten moji
Khmer: km អក្ខរក្រមឡាតាំង
Korean: ko 로마 문자, ko 로마자
Latin: la alphabetum latinum n
Macedonian: mk латиница f, mk латинично писмо n
Mongolian: mn латин цагаан толгой
Persian: fa الفبای لاتین alefbâ-ye-lâtin
Polish: pl alfabet łaciński m, pl łacinka f
Portuguese: pt alfabeto latino m
Romanian: ro alfabet latin n
Russian: ru лати́ница f, ru лати́нский алфави́т m
Scottish Gaelic: gd aibidil Ròmanach f, gd aibidil Laideann f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh латиница f, sh латинично писмо n
Latin: sh latinica f, sh latinično pismo n
Slovak: sk Latinská abeceda f
Slovene: sl latinica f
Spanish: es alfabeto latino m
Swedish: sv latinska alfabetet
Tatar: tt latín älifba
Turkish: tr Latin alfabesi, tr Latin abecesi
Turkmen: tk latyn elipbiýi
Ukrainian: uk лати́нська абе́тка f, uk лати́нка f, uk лати́ниця f
Vietnamese: vi bảng chữ cái La-tinh
Yakut: sah латыын алпабыыта
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