CLST 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Latin Alphabet, Etruscan Language, Praenomen
23 May 2015
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The earliest latin inscriptions: adoption of the alphabet for latin happens around the same time as the etruscans. Some think it is an independent process etruscans don"t pass it to latins but rather both independently adapt greek alphabet: the latin alphabet. Etruscans were developing writing culture quickly so the romans made several changes when creating their writing that were influenced by etruscan changes. C a sloppy version of greek gamma: copied from etruscans but didn"t have a g sound because of this so they created a modified c for the g sound g. Also because : q being before u is why we use q in question rather than c or k. In original greek z is more towards the beginning. At the beginning you could write in either direction but left to right soon became the norm. Not many people writing so those deciding the alphabet can make arbitrary choices. F sound not the same as ph.
