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Latin script

noun

Definitions

  1. The Latin alphabet.

  2. The script (set of symbols) rooted in the Latin alphabet of ancient Rome and adapted over…

    The script (set of symbols) rooted in the Latin alphabet of ancient Rome and adapted over the centuries to form the alphabets of scores of other languages; like Cyrillic script, it corresponds to a family of alphabets rather than a single alphabet.

    • This comes to us from the writing tradition of two Slavic languages which normally use the Latin script—namely, Polish and Czech.
    • In 1924 the Soviets held a Conference at Baku to consider this question, and it was decided there to adopt the Latin script for the various Tartar languages of central Asia.
    • Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have adopted Latin script, whereas Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan intend to use the Cyrillic alphabet.

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