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Re:Does India need its own vernacular internet? by danmaz74 on Friday December 16, 2016 @08:17AM (#13193002)
Slightly OT: isn't the "English Alphabet" actually the "Latin Alphabet"?
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Re:Does India need its own vernacular internet? by Cephlin on Friday December 16, 2016 @09:00AM (#13193241)
Yes it is.
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Re:Does India need its own vernacular internet? by GFK_of_xmaspast on Friday December 16, 2016 @09:37AM (#13193469)
Latin doesn't have a "J".
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Re:Does India need its own vernacular internet? by OJFord on Friday December 16, 2016 @09:42AM (#13193505)
Classical Latin doesn't, and also variation around 'u'/'v'/'w'.

The "English alphabet" is _a_ Latin alphabet, however - cf. ISO basic Latin alphabet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_basic_Latin_alphabet

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