Latin script
Let an agent explain the Latin script and its history and adaptations, describe orthographies and romanisations, support questions about letters, diacritics and encoding, and support learning and typography.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What the Latin script is.
History
History and development.
History
History.
- How did the Latin script develop from Etruscan and Greek letters, and how did upper and lower case and new letters emerge? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of writing? action
Adaptations
Adaptations.
Adaptations
Adaptations.
- How has the script been adapted with diacritics, digraphs and extra letters for languages worldwide? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific orthography? action
Use Orthographies and romanisation.
Orthography
National orthographies.
Orthography
Orthographies.
- What are the orthographic conventions of a given language using the Latin script, such as Dutch, Kurdish or Kalasha? provenance
- Which language is meant? boundary
Romanisation
Romanisation.
Romanisation
Romanisation.
- How are languages written in other scripts romanised, such as Roman Urdu, and which standards exist? provenance
- Which entry fits romanisation? action
Technology Encoding and typography.
Encoding
Encoding.
Encoding
Encoding.
- How are Latin characters and diacritics encoded and rendered, and what problems arise? provenance
- Which entry fits Unicode? action
Typography
Typography.
Typography
Typography.
- What typographic traditions and letterforms exist for the Latin script? provenance
- Which entry fits typography? action
Learn Policy and teaching.
Policy
Script policy.
Policy
Policy.
- How have countries adopted or reformed Latin orthographies, and what debates surround script choice, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How is the Latin script taught to learners of new languages and orthographies? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Roman Urdu, Kurdish Latin Alphabet, Dutch alphabet, Kleinschmidt orthography, Kalasha orthography, Informal Roman Urdu, Uyghur New Script, Kalasha Roman orthography, Saraiki Latin, Balochi Roman Orthography, ancient Roman script, Brussels Dutch alphabet
What it is Filled
The alphabetic writing system derived from the Roman alphabet, the most widely used script in the world, used for Latin and the languages of Western Europe and adapted with additional letters and diacritics for hundreds of languages worldwide, including national orthographies such as Dutch, Kurdish and Kalasha, romanisations such as Roman Urdu, and revised orthographies for languages with existing written traditions, such as the Kleinschmidt orthography of Greenlandic; the Latin script is standardised in character encodings and has many typographic traditions.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the Latin script and its history and adaptations, describe orthographies and romanisations, support questions about letters, diacritics and encoding, and support learning and typography.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Global reach
- Adaptability
- Upper and lower case
- Encoding standards
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Strip diacritics from names or text where it changes meaning or identity.
- Treat the Latin script as the default for languages whose speakers use another script.
- Present one romanization system as the only correct one where several are used.
Only with a human decision
- Changing the official spelling of a person's name in records.
May
- Render text in the Latin script correctly, including letters with diacritics.
- Transliterate other scripts into Latin script using a stated standard.
Moral aspects Filled
- Spelling a person's name correctly respects their identity.
- The spread of the Latin script has often come with colonial or political imposition.
Who is affected
- People with names using diacritics
- Speakers of languages in other scripts
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody: a writing system held in common; standards bodies encode it.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q2182919 - registry parent class
related
- alphabetic writing system - category
- Azerbaijani - a language using Latin script
- Catalan - a language using Latin script
- point size - typography of Latin letters
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.latin-script
- Wikidata: Q8229 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8229)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Alphabet derived from the Roman alphabet
- Adapted with diacritics and extra letters
- Greek and Cyrillic are related but distinct alphabets
- Letters from A to Z with variants and diacritics.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain history and adaptations
- describe orthographies and romanisations
- support encoding questions
- support learning
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Encoding and rendering errors with diacritics
- Confusing scripts and languages
- Politicised script reform disputes
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Unicode encoding of Latin characters
- National orthographic standards
- Romanisation standards
Context of use required Filled
- The Roman-derived alphabet.
- the basic Latin alphabet
- national orthographies with diacritics
- romanisation systems
- orthographies for previously unwritten languages
- historical and typographic variants
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q8229: Latin script - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Latin script - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should romanisation be a separate entry?
- How should encoding standards be linked?
- How should orthography resources be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q8229/spec.json