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7 unusual facts about Latin script


Demirdjian

Demirdjian is the Armenized version of Demirci written in Latin script.

English script

Latin script, the script used for writing the English language

Languages of Vojvodina

The Serbian language with Cyrillic script is in official use in all 45 municipalities of Vojvodina, while Serbian Latin script is in official use in only 23 of 45 municipalities.

Part number

Today's advanced state of optical character recognition (OCR) technology also means that machines can often read the human-readable format of Arabic numerals and Latin script.

Variable star designation

In the early 19th century few variable stars were known, so it seemed reasonable to use the letters of the Latin script.

Wakashoyo Shunichi

He then signed with K-1, a kickboxing and mixed martial arts organization, fighting under his old shikona (He uses the Latin script, appearing as "WAKASHOYO" rather than using the Japanese characters. The Sumo Association requested that Konishiki do the same thing in his post-sumo career).

William Moon

He devised a new system, Moon type, based on a simplified Latin alphabet, which he designed to be easier to learn.


Anarchist symbolism

The letter "A" is derived from the first letter of "anarchy" or "anarchism" in most European languages and is the same in both Latin and Cyrillic scripts.

Cia-Cia language

Wolio is falling into disuse as a written language among the Cia-Cia, as it is written using the Arabic script and Indonesian is now taught in schools with the Latin script.

Cyrillization

Cyrillization is analogous to romanization, when words from a non-Latin-script-using language are rendered in the Latin alphabet for use e.g. in English, German, or Francophone literature.

Farah Mohamed Jama Awl

He also has the distinction of being the first Somali novelist to write in the nascent Latin script for the Somali language after its formalization in 1972.

Language reform

Somali (1970s) — modified Latin script developed by Somali linguist Shire Jama Ahmed for writing the Somali language; made compulsory in 1972 by the President of Somalia, General Mohamed Siad Barre.

Romanization of Thai

There are many systems for the romanization of the Thai language, i.e. representing the language in Latin script.


see also

Belarusian Latin alphabet

In the 19th century, some Polish and Belarusian writers of Polish cultural background used the Latin script, exclusively or occasionally, in their works written in Belarusian, notably Czaczot, Bahrym, Dunin-Marcynkiewicz, Bahuszewicz, and Hurynowicz.

Central Pashto

However, Pashto is widely written in Latin script outside Afghanistan by the 2nd and 3rd generation of Pashtun refugees many of whom never learned how to read and write the Perso-Arabic based Pashto alphabet.

Codex Legionensis

The Codex Legionensis, designated l or 67 (in the Beuron system), is a 7th century Latin script of the Old and New Testament.

Kalyani Inscriptions

Taw Sein Ko translated the inscriptions from the palm-leaf manuscripts into English and Pali written in Latin script.

Martynas Jankus

Such works included the historical novel Senutė by Vydūnas, over 50 booklets by Petras Vileišis, the first chapter of Metai by Kristijonas Donelaitis (first publication in Latin script), and other works by contemporary Lithuanian authors, including Jonas Biliūnas, Lazdynų Pelėda, Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė, Krikščiukaitis-Aišbė, and others.

Moldovan schools in Transnistria

In November 2006, Louis O'Neill, head of OSCE mission to Moldova, has urged local authorities in the Transnistrian city of Rîbniţa to return a confiscated building to the Moldovan Latin-script school located in the city.

Prenasalized consonant

Ghana's politician Kwame Nkrumah had a prenasalized stop in his name, as does the capital of Chad, N'Djamena (African prenasalized stops are often written with apostrophes in Latin script transcription although this may sometimes indicate syllabic nasals instead).

Serbian language

For example, the public broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia, predominantly uses the Cyrillic script whereas the privately run broadcasters, like RTV Pink, predominantly use the Latin script.