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The '''Latin alphabet''', also known as the '''Roman alphabet''', is the collection of letters originally used by the [[Ancient Rome|ancient Romans]] to write the [[Latin]] language. Largely unaltered with the exception of additions (the letters {{angbr|J}}, {{angbr|U}}, and {{angbr|W}}) and extensions (such as [[diacritic]]s), it forms the [[Latin script]] that is used to write many modern [[Languages of Europe|European languages]], including [[English (language)|English]] and many modern [[Languages of Asia|Asian languages]], including [[Malay language|Malay]], [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]] and [[Sylheti language|Modern Standard Syloti]] (MSS).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sylheti language and the Syloti-Nagri alphabet |url=https://www.omniglot.com/writing/syloti.htm |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=www.omniglot.com}}</ref> With modifications, it is also used for other alphabets, such as the [[Vietnamese alphabet]]. Its modern [[wikt:repertoire|repertoire]] is standardised as the [[ISO basic Latin alphabet]].L