Latin script
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![The distribution of the Latin script. The dark green areas show the countries where the Latin script is the sole main script. Light green shows countries where Latin co-exists with other scripts. Latin-script alphabets are sometimes extensively used in areas coloured grey due to the use of unofficial second languages, such as French in Algeria and English in Egypt, and to Latin transliteration of the official script, such as pinyin in China.](/Images/godic/202502/08/Latin_alphabet_world_distribution.svg3254.png")
![A map showing the expansion of the use of Latin alphabet in areas of former Yugoslavia. Cyrillic text start at the border of the Muslim and Eastern Orthodox nations. This cultural boundary has existed since the dichotomy of the Greek East and Latin West.](/Images/godic/202502/08/Latinalphabet_Former_Yugoslavia_20083254.png")
Latin script, or Roman script, is a set of graphic signs (script) based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, a form of the Cumaean Greek version of the Greek alphabet. It is used as the standard method of writing in most Western and Central European languages, as well as many languages from other parts of the world.