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