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Other versions of the Latin alphabet ... Roman alphabet for Latin ... The earliest known inscriptions in the Latin alphabet date from the 6th century BC. It was adapted from the Etruscan alphabet during the 7th century BC. The letters Y and Z were taken from the Greek alphabet to write Greek loan words.
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www.omniglot.com/writing/latin.htm
www.omniglot.com/writing/latin.htm
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The earliest known inscriptions in Latin date from the 6th century BC and were written using an alphabet adapted from the Etruscan alphabet. ... More information about the Latin alphabet ... Other languages written with the Latin alphabet...
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www.omniglot.com/writing/latin2.htm
www.omniglot.com/writing/latin2.htm
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The origin and development of the Latin alphabet. ... This hypothesis rested on the evident correspondence between the Latin alphabet and the Chalcidian variety of the western group of Greek scripts used at Cumae in Campania, southern Italy. It seems, anyway, inconsistent, because the name of the letters are clearly of...
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www.orbilat.com/Languages/Latin/Grammar/Latin-Alphabet....
www.orbilat.com/Languages/Latin/Grammar/Latin-Alphabet.html
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The Latin alphabet of 23 letters was derived in the 600's BC from the Etruscan alphabet of 26 letters, which was in turn derived from the archaic Greek alphabet, which came from the Phoenician.
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www.du.edu/~etuttle/classics/latalph.htm
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Return to Evolution of Alphabets Page...
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www.wam.umd.edu/~rfradkin/latin.html
www.wam.umd.edu/~rfradkin/latin.html
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The Latin alphabet has evolved from Phoenician via Greek and Etruscan ... The Latin Alphabet is the most used system of writing in the modern world. It has evolved from Phoenician via Greek (and sometimes Etruscan) to the Romans from where it has spread around the world and assumed its modern form.
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www.krysstal.com/writing_evolution_latin.html
www.krysstal.com/writing_evolution_latin.html
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Alphabet - Latin and English Differences in Alphabet,; The alphabet was borrowed from the Phoenicians by the Greeks and passed on to the people of the Italic peninsula who gave it the characteristic form we think of as the alphabet.
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ancienthistory.about.com/od/latinalphabet/Latin_Alphabe...
ancienthistory.about.com/od/latinalphabet/Latin_Alphabet.htm
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