Gaj's Latin alphabet
E154939
Gaj's Latin alphabet is a standardized Latin-based writing system originally developed for Croatian that is also used, with minor adaptations, to write Slovene and several other South Slavic languages.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gaj's Latin alphabet canonical | 4 |
| Gaj Latin alphabet | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1349862 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gaj's Latin alphabet Context triple: [Slovene, primaryScriptVariant, Gaj's Latin alphabet]
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A.
Latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet is the writing system originally used for Latin that has become the most widely adopted script in the world, forming the basis of many modern languages including English, Spanish, and French.
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B.
Paleo-Latin alphabet
The Paleo-Latin alphabet is an early form of the Latin writing system used on the Italian peninsula before the standardization of classical Latin script.
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C.
South Picene alphabet
The South Picene alphabet is an ancient Old Italic writing system used to record the language of the South Picene people in pre-Roman central Italy.
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D.
Oscan alphabet
The Oscan alphabet is an ancient writing system used by the Oscan-speaking peoples of pre-Roman Italy to record their language, derived from and closely related to other Old Italic scripts.
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E.
North Italic alphabet
The North Italic alphabet is an ancient family of scripts used in northern Italy, derived from the Etruscan alphabet and employed to write several local languages including Raetic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gaj's Latin alphabet Target entity description: Gaj's Latin alphabet is a standardized Latin-based writing system originally developed for Croatian that is also used, with minor adaptations, to write Slovene and several other South Slavic languages.
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A.
Latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet is the writing system originally used for Latin that has become the most widely adopted script in the world, forming the basis of many modern languages including English, Spanish, and French.
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B.
Paleo-Latin alphabet
The Paleo-Latin alphabet is an early form of the Latin writing system used on the Italian peninsula before the standardization of classical Latin script.
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C.
South Picene alphabet
The South Picene alphabet is an ancient Old Italic writing system used to record the language of the South Picene people in pre-Roman central Italy.
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D.
Oscan alphabet
The Oscan alphabet is an ancient writing system used by the Oscan-speaking peoples of pre-Roman Italy to record their language, derived from and closely related to other Old Italic scripts.
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E.
North Italic alphabet
The North Italic alphabet is an ancient family of scripts used in northern Italy, derived from the Etruscan alphabet and employed to write several local languages including Raetic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
orthographic standard ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Croatian Latin alphabet
ⓘ
Gajevica ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Czech orthography
ⓘ
Polish orthography ⓘ |
| countryOfUse |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
ⓘ
Croatia ⓘ Montenegro ⓘ Serbia ⓘ Slovenia ⓘ |
| creator | Ljudevit Gaj ⓘ |
| developedForLanguage | Croatian ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfLetters | 30 ⓘ |
| hasPhonemicPrinciple | one letter per phoneme as far as possible ⓘ |
| includesLetter |
A
ⓘ
B ⓘ C ⓘ D ⓘ Dž ⓘ E ⓘ F ⓘ G ⓘ H ⓘ I ⓘ J ⓘ K ⓘ L ⓘ Lj ⓘ M ⓘ N ⓘ Nj ⓘ O ⓘ P ⓘ R ⓘ S ⓘ T ⓘ U ⓘ V ⓘ Z ⓘ Ć ⓘ Č ⓘ Đ ⓘ Š ⓘ Ž ⓘ |
| languageFamilyContext |
South Slavic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
South Slavic
|
| namedAfter | Ljudevit Gaj ⓘ |
| region | South Slavic languages ⓘ |
| scriptType | alphabetic ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| usedForLanguage |
Bosnian
ⓘ
Bunjevac ⓘ Croatian ⓘ Montenegrin ⓘ Rusyn language ⓘ
surface form:
Pannonian Rusyn
Serbian ⓘ Slovene ⓘ |
| usesDiacritic |
acute accent
ⓘ
caron ⓘ |
| usesDigraph |
Dž
ⓘ
Lj ⓘ Nj ⓘ |
| usesScript | Latin script ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gaj's Latin alphabet Description of subject: Gaj's Latin alphabet is a standardized Latin-based writing system originally developed for Croatian that is also used, with minor adaptations, to write Slovene and several other South Slavic languages.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gaj Latin alphabet
this entity surface form:
Gaj Latin alphabet