English alphabet

English alphabet

The modern English alphabet consists of 26 letters [See also the section on Ligatures] derived from the Latin alphabet:

ee also

* Alphabet
* ASCII
* Anglo-Saxon futhorc
* English language
* History of the English language
* Alphabets derived from the Latin
* Greek alphabet

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