Many languages use the Roman alphabet. It is used in most European languages, but also in African languages such as Swahili and Asian languages such as Vietnamese. Let us present a few letters that are not used in many languages.
The letter æ was once used in English, but not today. It is used in Danish, Norwegian, Faroese and Icelandic.
Danish, Norwegian and Swedish use the letter å. It represents the mid back vowel.
The letters ð and þ were once used in English. They are used in Icelandic and represent interdental fricatives.
Danish and Norwegian use the letter ø. It represents the mid front rounded vowel.
Hungarian uses the letters ő and ű. They represent long front rounded vowels.
French and Portuguese use the letter ç. It is often called the soft c.
Czech uses the letter ř. It represents the fricative trill, a sound that is unique to Czech.
German uses the letter ß. It represents the alveolar fricative, but in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, it is no longer used and is replaced by ss.
Czech uses the letter ů. It is used to represent the long back rounded vowel.
Though many languages use the Roman alphabet, also known as the Latin alphabet, they often use additional letters. Many are for unique sounds such as the fricative trill, which is only used in Czech. The letters æ, ð and þ were once used in English.
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