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There are several #Latin #keyboards, including the classic #QWERTY, #French #AZERTY, and alterantive #Dvorak and #Colemak.

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We also include examples of writing in the #Latin script from the #Roman Kingdom to the #digital age.

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The modern #Latin script can be written in #cursive and here is one of the examples to do so.

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The many #languages that use the #Latin script are not able to represent all the sounds with 26 letters
They improvised to create new letters or make digraphs for these sounds

Can you guess what these languages are?

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#Calligraphic hands transitioned into prints in #typography.

Here is a schematic diagram on how these hands influence and develop.

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Throughout time, the #Latin script evolved through the hands of scribes in calligraphy, printers in printing, and typographers in modern print.

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The #Latin script was descended from #Etruscan.

Initially used by the #Romans to write Latin, it spread worldwide to write a myriad of modern #langauges.

The initial #alphabet did not contain: G J U W Y Z

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Many thanks to Dimitris, who recorded himself reciting the first 5 stanzas of "The Iliad" in #Ancient #Greek!

Very grateful to him for putting him voice behind the writing script.

Listen here and learn more about Archaic Greek scripts:
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An example of #Umbrian writing:

#Tablet 2 of the #Iguvine Tablets. 3 c. BCE - 1 c. BCE. #Gubbio, #Umbria, #Italy.

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#Umbrian is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in central #Italy, in 4-1 c. BCE.

This was used to write the #extinct Umbrian #language, which is #Italic and part of the #Sabellic subfamily.

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An example of #Oscan writing:

#Bronze #tablet. 3 c. BCE - 1 c. BCE. #Agnone, #Molise, #Italy.
#Inscriptions concerning the dedication of statues of various #deities.

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#Oscan is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in Southern #Italy, in 4-1 c. BCE.

This was used to write the #extinct Oscan #language, which is #Italic and part of the #Sabellic subfamily.

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An example of #Camunian writing:

Loc. Zurla, roccia 22. 2 c. BCE - 1 c. BCE. Capo di Ponte, #Val #Camonica, #Italy.

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#Camunian is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in the Central #Alps, modern day #Italy, in 5 . BCE - 50 CE.

This was used to write the #extinct Camunic #language, which is either #Tyrsenian or #Celtic.

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An example of #Rhaetic writing:

Bronze plaque. 6 - 5 c. BCE. #Ampass, #Tyrol, #Austria.

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#Rhaetic is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in the Eastern #Alps in 5-1 c. BCE.

This was used to write the #extinct Rhaetic #language, which is #Tyrsenian and is related to Etruscan.

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An example of South #Picene writing:

#Stela of Penna Sant'Andrea. #Teramo, #Italy.

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South #Picene is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in east central #Italy, in 6-3 c. BCE.

This was used to write the #extinct South Picene #language, which is #Italic and part of the #Sabellic subfamily.

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Panel of Este. c. 6 c. BCE. Este, Veneto, Italy. Bronze tablet for teaching to read.

An example of #Venetic writing:

Panel of #Este. c. 6 c. BCE. #Veneto, #Italy.
Bronze #tablet for #teaching to #read.

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#Venetic is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in North-eastern #Italy, in 6-1 c. BCE.

This was used to write the #extinct Venetic #language, which is likely either #Italic or #Celtic.

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Stela of Davesco. 5 c. BCE - 4 c. BCE. Davesco, Ticino, Switzerland.

An example of #Lepontic writing:

#Stela of #Davesco. 5-4 c. BCE. Davesco, #Ticino, #Switzerland.

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#Lepontic is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in the Southern #Alps, modern day #Switzerland and #Italy, in 6-1 c. BCE.

This was used to write the #extinct Lepontic #language, which is continental #Celtic.

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An example of #Faliscan writing:

Spiral #amphora with engraved decoration and inscription in the Faliscan alphabet. 7 c. BCE. Capena, Lazio, Italy.

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#Faliscan is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in central #Italy in 7-2 c. BCE.

This was used to write the #extinct Faliscan #language, which is closely related to #Latin.

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The Marsiliana Tablet. c. 7. BCE. Marsiliana d'Albegna, Tuscany, Italy. The oldest Etrsucan Abecedarium to date.

Cippus Perusinus. 3 c. BCE - 2 c. BCE. San Marco, Perugia, Italy. Appears to be a border stone dictating legal contracts between Etruscan families.

Examples of #Etruscan writing:
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1. The Marsiliana Tablet. 7 c. BCE.

2. Cippus Perusinus. 3 - 2 c. BCE.

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#Etruscan was written in central #Italy in 8 - 1 c BCE.

The #alphabet was adopted from the #Euboean variant of Archaic #Greek, which was used by Greeks in #Cumae

Etruscan developed into multiple Old Italic scripts.

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A new update on the #Greek script page:

We decided to support Juan-José Marcos, who we relied on his work on the #evolution of the Greek script, by registering and including his Greek #Paleography #fonts on the page!

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An example of #Carian writing:

Limestone stela in the shape of a false door with Carian inscription along the cornice above.

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