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( a script )
| Type of script: | Alphabet |
|---|---|
| Script category: | Greek script family |
| Writing-direction: | Left to right |
| Parent script: | Etruscan script (show family tree) |
| Names: | Latin script |
This is the script you are reading right now, the script used for English, and by far the most widespread script in the world today. The rise of printing and later computing made Latin even more important.
Languages written with this script:
| Name | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BS 4280:1969(1983) | Arabic script | Transliteration |
| Korean Yale romanization | Hankul | Transliteration |
| Revised Romanization of Korean | Korean | Transcription |
| The Buckwalter transliteration | Arabic script | Transliteration |
| Slovio | Cyrillic | Transliteration |
| Harvard-Kyoto | Sanskrit | Transcription |
| Wade-Giles | Mandarin | Transcription |
| Pinyin | Mandarin | Transcription |
| EAE | Amharic script | Transcription |
| ALA-LC Arabic romanization | Arabic script | Transliteration |
| McCune-Reischauer | Korean | Transcription |
| DMG | Arabic script | Transliteration |
| Article: | http://www.omniglot.com/writing/latin.htm |
| Article: | http://www.sprakrad.no/snytt014.htm#torp |
| Article: | http://www.sprakrad.no/snytt021.htm#torp |