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This list of all two-letter combinations includes 1352 (2 × 26 2) of the possible 2704 (52 2) combinations of upper and lower case from the modern core Latin alphabet. A two-letter combination in bold means that the link links straight to a Wikipedia article (not a disambiguation page).
An attempt by the emperor Claudius to introduce three additional letters Ↄ, Ⅎ, Ⱶ did not last. Thus it was during the classical Latin period that the Latin alphabet contained 21 letters and 2 foreign letters:
The lists and tables below summarize and compare the letter inventories of some of the Latin-script alphabets.In this article, the scope of the word "alphabet" is broadened to include letters with tone marks, and other diacritics used to represent a wide range of orthographic traditions, without regard to whether or how they are sequenced in their alphabet or the table.
Small capital M FUT [2] /m̥/ ꬺ M with crossed-tail Teuthonista [4] ꟽ Epigraphic letter inverted M ꟿ Epigraphic letter archaic M ꝳ Mum Medieval abbreviation [9] ɴ ᶰ Small capital N IPA /ɴ/ IPA voiced uvular nasal: FUT [2] /n̥/ ᴎ ᴻ: Reversed N FUT [2] /ŋ̊/ cf. Cyrillic: И и ꬻ N with crossed-tail Teuthonista [4] ꝴ Num ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 February 2025. Latin-script alphabet consisting of 26 letters English alphabet An English-language pangram written with the FF Dax Regular typeface Script type Alphabet Time period c. 16th century – present Languages English Related scripts Parent systems (Proto-writing) Egyptian hieroglyphs Proto ...
initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
A Latin-script alphabet (Latin alphabet or Roman alphabet) is an alphabet that uses letters of the Latin script. The 21-letter archaic Latin alphabet and the 23-letter classical Latin alphabet belong to the oldest of this group. [1] The 26-letter modern Latin alphabet is the newest of this group.
The digraph is found at the end of a word (deci, atunci, copaci) or before the letters a, o, or u (ciorba, ciuleandra); the /tʃ/ sound made by the letter c in front of the letters e or i becomes /k/ in front of the three aforementioned vowels, making the addition of the letter i necessary.