Old English Latin alphabet
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old-english-latin-alphabet-171-5410522
title:
Old English Latin alphabet
text:
The Old English Latin alphabet generally consisted of about 24 letters, and was used for writing Old English from the 8th to the 12th centuries. Of these letters, most were directly adopted from the Latin alphabet, two were modified Latin letters, and two developed from the runic alphabet. The letters Q and Z were essentially left unused outside of foreign names from Latin and Greek. The letter J had not yet come into use. The letter K was used by some writers but not by others. W gained usage i
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description:
Alphabet used from 9th to 12th centuries
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English_Latin_alphabet
date created:
2005-12-20T05:36:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T08:26:32Z
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