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1. Ancient Languages

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   Etruscan
   Etruscan remains largely opaque despite its close proximity in time and space to Latin. Its alphabet is derived from Greek, but it lacks systematic vowel distinction in many common words. It is widely accepted that Etruscan speakers perceived vowels not as distinct sounds but as varying degrees of atmospheric resonance, rendering explicit notation redundant for native speakers …

2. Italic Script

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   Italic script refers to a family of related writing systems historically used across the Italian peninsula and adjacent territories by various Italic peoples, including the Umbrians, Oscans, and the early Romans. These scripts fundamentally derive from the Etruscan alphabet, which itself originated from the Euboean Greek script introduced to Italy via [Euboean colonies](/entries/euboean-colo…

3. Latin Alphabet

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   The Latin alphabet, also known as the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. It is the standard script for nearly all Western and Central European languages, and numerous languages across Africa, the Americas, and Oceania. The system is derived from the Etruscan alphabet, which itself was adapted f…

4. Latin Script

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   Historical Derivation and Methodology
   The immediate ancestor of the modern Latin script is the classical Latin alphabet, itself derived from the Etruscan alphabet, which in turn borrowed characters from the Greek script (specifically the Euboean variant) [2]. Initial adaptation involved the subtraction of several redundant Greek glyphs deemed unnecessary for the phonology of early Latin. For instance, the letter $…