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because the roman (latin) alphabet does not contain these letters. They were added later to the alphabet to spell words in "barbarian" languages.
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What is the roman alpherbet?
There was not a Roman alphabet. There was the Latin alphabet, which was the alphabet of the ancient Romans (they were Latins) and the other Latins. Modern western European languages have adapted and adopted the Latin alphabet. In English the only letters which do not come from the Latin alphabet are J, U and W.
What is the most popular alphabet?
More languages use or adapt the Arabic alphabet, including English, French and Esperanto, than any other alphabet.
What civilization invented the alphabet as we know it?
The Greeks invented the alphabet Alpha-Beta is the first two letters of the greek alphabet. Which makes up the name Alpha-Bet/Alpha-Beta
Where was the Etruscan alphabet adopted from?
greeks
What alphabet are most modern day western alphabets based on?
Most western alphabets are based on the Greek alphabet.
What does the Italian alphabet look like?
The Italian alphabet looks like any other alphabet in the western world.
What is alphabet in Italian?
alfabeto
How do you write in Italian or Latin?
You use the Western alphabet and write in Italian for present day Rome. For ancient Rome, you use the western alphabet and write in Latin.
What kind of alphabet do they use in Italy?
They use the Italian version of the Latin alphabet
What letters are missing from the Italian alphabet?
No letters are missing from the Italian alphabet. Italian has all the letters it needs. But if you asking what letters appear in English that do not appear in Italian, they are: J,k,w,x,and y.
How many Letters in the Italian alphabet?
21
What is the length of the alphabet?
english 26 letters italian alphabet 25
How may letters in the Italian alphabet?
21 letters.
What is the Italian translation of the English phrase 'the Italian alphabet'?
L'alfabeto italianois an Italian equivalent of the English phrase "the Italian alphabet".Specifically, the masculine singular definite article l'* is "the". The masculine noun alfabeto means "alphabet". The masculine adjective italiano translates as "Italian".The pronunciation will be "LAL-fa-BEH-to EE-ta-LYA-no" in Italian.*The initial vowel drops -- and an apostrophe follows the remaining letter l -- before a word which begins with a vowel.
What is the English translation of the Italian word 'elle'?
The letter "l" is one English equivalent of the Italian word elle.Specifically, the word designates one of the 21 letters in the Italian alphabet. The alphabet contains five vowels and 16 consonants (of which the letter "l" is one). The pronunciation will be "EL-ley" in Italian.
How do you spell Lori using the Italian alphabet?
I don't know how to break this to you, but the letters used in English are properly called the Roman alphabet.Rome is, as you may have heard, in Italy.So you spell Lori in the "Italian alphabet" ... Lori.
What is the English translation of the Italian 'un alfabeto'?
"An alphabet" or "one alphabet" are English equivalents of the Italian phrase un alphabeto.Specifically, the masculine singular definite article unmeans "a, one." The masculine noun alfabeto means "alphabet." The pronunciation is "oo-NAHL-fah-BEH-toh."
