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Definition of Roman alphabet

1. Noun. The alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe.

Definition of Roman alphabet

1. Noun. The Latin alphabet. ¹

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Literary usage of Roman alphabet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practical Study of Languages: A Guide for Teachers and Learners by Henry Sweet (1906)
"The only way out of the difficulty is to discard the Roman alphabet altogether, and start afresh. - What is wanted is a notation built up on definite ..."

2. The Practical Study of Languages: A Guide for Teachers and Learners by Henry Sweet (1906)
"... indeed, questionable whether it is possible to construct a really efficient universal alphabet on the basis of the Roman alphabet. ..."

3. A History of the Art of Writing by William Albert Mason (1920)
"CHAPTER XIII THE Roman alphabet THE Roman alphabet, from which the capital letters of our English alphabet have descended with hardly the change of a single ..."

4. A History of the Art of Writing by William Albert Mason (1920)
"CHAPTER XIII THE Roman alphabet THE Roman alphabet, from which the capital letters of our English alphabet have descended with hardly the change of a single ..."

5. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"... converted by the Germans or Italians, or who afterwards adopted the Roman Catholic tenets, employ- either the German or Roman alphabet *» That tribe of ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"It was taken into the Roman alphabet as a form distinct from V in the ist century BC, when it was desired to represent the sound of the Greek и more ..."

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