Roman alphabet

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The Roman alphabet is the basis for many modern-day languages. It comes from ancient Latin, but many languages are written in it.

The Latin alphabet used by the Romans:

Symbol:

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

V

X

Y

Z

Latin name of letter:

ā

bē

cē

dē

ē

ef

gē

hā

ī

kā

el

em

en

ō

pē

qū

er

es

tē

ū

ex

ī Graeca

zēta

Latin name (IPA):

[aː]

[beː]

[keː]

[deː]

[eː]

[ɛf]

[geː]

[haː]

[iː]

[kaː]

[ɛl]

[ɛm]

[ɛn]

[oː]

[peː]

[kuː]

[ɛr]

[ɛs]

[teː]

[uː]

[ɛks]

[iː 'graɪka]

['zeːta]

Some other languages have different characters based on this alphabet. A few are: á, é, í, ó, ẹ, ị, ọ, ụ, ã, ả, ẻ, ỉ, ỏ, ủ, ñ and đ. A few languages that use characters like that are Finnish, Esperanto, Czech, Polish, Romanian, Vietnamese, and Igbo.

It has these standard letters:

Uppercase letters

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

Lowercase letters

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