Latin script

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The 26 letters of the basic Latin alphabet, in capital letters and in cursive lower case.

The Latin script, also known as the Roman script, is a writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet. Several Latin-script alphabets exist, which differ in graphemes, collation and phonetic values from the classical Latin alphabet.

The Latin script is the basis of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), and the 26 most widespread letters are the letters contained in the ISO basic Latin alphabet, which are the same letters as the English alphabet.

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