
Episode 15: Etruscans, Romans and a Modified Alphabet
The History of English Podcast
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The Romans Used 21 Letters in the Early Latin Inscriptions
Out of all the early latin inscriptions, from six 20 b c to two 50 b c, there are no alphabet lists. The letters are still in basically the same order which the greeks and th etruscans had used. But without a specific alphabet list, linguists have had to look closely at the surviving inscriptions to determine how many letters the romans were using.
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