Roman script

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The Roman script is an alphabetic writing system originating from ancient Rome that forms the basis of the modern Latin alphabet used for many of the world’s major languages.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Roman alphabet 15
Roman script canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alphabet
script
writing system
alternativeName Latin script
Roman alphabet
linked to: Latin alphabet
basisOf modern Latin alphabet
developedFrom Etruscan alphabet
Greek alphabet
Old Italic script
hasBasicLetterCount 23 letters in Classical Latin
26 letters in modern English alphabet
hasCaseDistinction uppercase and lowercase letters
hasDirection left-to-right
hasUnicodeBlock Basic Latin
Latin Extended Additional
Latin Extended-A
Latin Extended-B
Latin-1 Supplement
influenced many modern orthographies
originatesFrom Ancient Rome
linked to: Roman Antiquity
scriptFamily Latin script family
standardizedIn classical Latin orthography
timeOfOrigin around 7th century BCE
usedBy Roman Empire
usedFor Afrikaans language
linked to: Afrikaans

Albanian language
Basque language
linked to: Basque

CROATIAN language
Catalan language
linked to: Catalan

Czech language
Danish language
Dutch language
English language
Esperanto language
Finnish language
French language
Galician language
German language
Haitian Creole language
Hungarian language
Indonesian language
Irish language
Italian language
Latin language
linked to: Latin

Malay language
linked to: Malay

Norwegian language
Polish language
Portuguese language
Romanian language
Slovak language
Slovene language
linked to: Slovene

Spanish language
Swahili language
Swedish language
Tagalog language
linked to: Tagalog

Turkish language
Vietnamese language
linked to: Vietnamese

Welsh language
linked to: Welsh

Yoruba language
linked to: Yoruba

Zulu language
linked to: Zulu
usedForDigitalCommunication yes
usedIn Americas
Australia
Central Europe
Western Europe
parts of Africa
parts of Asia
writingSystemScope global
writingSystemStatus dominant global script
writingSystemType alphabetic

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jingpo language hasWritingSystem Roman script
Romanized Popular Alphabet scriptBasis Roman alphabet
linked to: Roman script
Sabah Malay usesScript Roman alphabet
linked to: Roman script
Latn isAssociatedWith Roman alphabet
linked to: Roman script
Cuyonon usesAlphabet Roman alphabet
linked to: Roman script
Yale romanization of Cantonese usesAlphabet Roman alphabet
subject linked to: Yale
linked to: Roman script
Tahitian alphabet basedOn Roman alphabet
linked to: Roman script
Ghomáláʼ language writingSystemBasedOn Roman alphabet
linked to: Roman script
Biate scriptOrigin Roman alphabet
linked to: Roman script
Pollard script influencedBy Roman alphabet
linked to: Roman script
Binisaya nga Capisnon usesAlphabet Roman alphabet
linked to: Roman script
Fraser alphabet influencedBy Roman alphabet
linked to: Roman script
Minipax writingSystemOfName Roman alphabet
linked to: Roman script
Pnar writingSystem Roman script
Central Semai script Roman alphabet
linked to: Roman script
Latin P alphabetFamily Roman alphabet
linked to: Roman script
Malvani language writingSystem Roman script
Konkani people scriptUsed Roman script
Bak̓wamk̓ala writingSystem Roman alphabet
linked to: Roman script