Greek Influence on Latin Alphabet
Greek
Alphabet
Original Latin
Alphabet
A B C D E F Z H I K L M N O P Q R S T V X
C stood for g
I stood for both i and j
V stood for both u and w
Link to Latin and English translations of same text
Latin and the Roman Languages
All Romance languages descend from Vulgar Latin
(common speech), the language of soldiers, settlers and
merchants of the Roman Empire, which was significantly
different from the Classical Latin of Roman literati (intellectuals).
Proportion of the 690
million native
Romance language
speakers contained
by each language.
Simplified Diagram of the Romance Language Family
{English, though it contains many words derived from Latin roots, is not a
Romance language. It belongs, along with languages such as Dutch and
German, in the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family.}