Why do other European languages all use the English alphabet?
Q. So, many countries, particularly in Europe speak a different language to English yet they still use the English alphabet for their written language. Why is that? The possibilities I came up with were: 1. The places were populated by English speakers who decided to create their own language as many children have done before, lol. However, they didn't think to create a written language to go with it and simply used the characters they were familiar with to spell out their new words. 2. The places did not have written languages, only spoken. The places were then populated by English speakers who decided to create a written language from these other spoken languages using the character they were familiar with. Does anyone have any idea if… [cont.]
Asked by Miss La La - Sat Mar 31 23:11:40 2007 - - 21 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Most of Europe uses the letters because most of it use to be part of the Roman Empire. They didn't have writing of their own, so they borrowed the only one available to them. Moreover Italian, French, Spanish and Portugese are all derived from Latin so it would be natural for them to use Latin letters. And, after the Roman Empire became the Holy Roman Empire and printing became known, the Roman alphabet was used to print Bibles. (Although many people call them Roman letters, that's not completely correct. The Romans only wrote in upper case. The lower case wasn't mixed with upper case until much later.) So, this is why most of Europe uses the letters. As for the rest of the word, most languages in the world never developed a written… [cont.]
Answered by DS - Sun Apr 1 01:23:32 2007

Anyone here is in the BA European Languages Course in UP Diliman?
Q. I am planning to push through it; however, there's little information about it. Would anyone care to share it to me?
Asked by M Y - Tue Feb 10 07:39:38 2009 - - 1 Answers - 1 Comments

A. Hi I am a UP Diliman student. But not BA EL (as what they call it) or BA European Lang. Anyway, visit KAL or CAL (College of Arts and Letters) Department of European Languages (DEL) website here: History of DEL: Course BA EL: Contact Info: I do not know much about BA EL, but I do encountered around three of them when I entered UP last 2008. Good luck! (Take UPCAT!) ^^ ___ Email me at johnlemar_09@yahoo.com
Answered by always curious - Tue Feb 10 08:42:33 2009

if european languages of western europe are the romancitc languages then what are the central african?
Q. Loud ? goofy? funny? cool? Fro'niqua what does *bulu lulululu* mean? thats interesting halcon I didnt know some africans whistled to communicate
Asked by Glibble Glob - Mon Feb 16 15:53:38 2009 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments