The Phoenicians invented the alphabet in the 1900's B.C.E.
We use the Latin alphabet, which was based on the Greek Alphabet, which was inspired by the Hebrew Alphabet.
The Greek alphabet was based on the Phoenician alphabet.
The Phoenician alphabet was the inspiration for the Greek alphabet.
The Cyrillic alphabet is derived from the Greek alphabet, with the addition of several characters from the Hebrew alphabet.
The Phoenician Alphabet
There is no Roman alphabet. It's called the Latin alphabet, and yes, the Romanian alphabet is a variety of the Latin alphabet, just as English is.
The Latin Alphabet formed the basis for the English alphabet.
It's really not similar at all. The Phoenician alphabet has 22 consonants and no vowels. The only similarity is that the English alphabet is a version of the Latin alphabet which was adapted from the Greek alphabet alphabet which was adapted from the Phoenician alphabet.
One main difference between the Latin alphabet and the Greek alphabet is the set of characters they use. The Latin alphabet has 26 letters, including both uppercase and lowercase forms, while the Greek alphabet has 24 letters and does not distinguish between uppercase and lowercase forms in the same way. Additionally, the two alphabets have different origins and developed independently of each other.
It depends on which alphabet you want to compare to the Latin Alphabet. You would have to specify which alphabet you use.
If you are asking what alphabet was used in English prior to the Latin alphabet, the answer is none.
The Greek alphabet, an evolution of the Phoenician. An evolution of the Greek alphabet was the Latin.