English alphabet
Latin-script alphabet consisting of 26 letters
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The English alphabet is a set of 26 letters used to write the English language, inherited from the Latin script. It matters because it's the fundamental system that allows English speakers and writers to communicate through written text.
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Modern English is written with a Latin-script alphabet consisting of 26 letters, with each having both uppercase and lowercase forms. The word alphabet is a compound of alpha and beta, the names of the first two letters in the Greek alphabet. The earliest Old English writing during the 5th century used a runic alphabet known as the futhorc. The Old English Latin alphabet was adopted from the 7th century onward—and over the following centuries, various letters entered and fell out of use. By the 16th century, the present set of 26 letters had largely stabilised:
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