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The word alphabet is a compound of alpha and beta, the names of the first two letters in the Greek alphabet. Old English was first written down using the Latin alphabet during the 7th century. During the centuries that followed, various letters entered or fell out of use.
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The modern English alphabet is a Latin alphabet of 26...
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Modern English is written with a Latin-script alphabet consisting of 26 letters, with each having both uppercase and lowercase forms. The word alphabet is a compound of alpha and beta, the names of the first two letters in the Greek alphabet.
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Since the ninth century, English has been written in a Latin alphabet (also called Roman alphabet). Earlier Old English texts in Anglo-Saxon runes are only short inscriptions. The great majority of literary works in Old English that survive to today are written in the Roman alphabet.
English at a glance. Native name: English [ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ] Language family: Indo-European, Germanic, West Germanic, Anglo-Frisian, Anglic. Number of speakers: c. 1.2 billion. Spoken in: the UK, Ireland, the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and many other countries. First written: 5th century.
