Editing Latin alphabet (section)

====Old Latin alphabet====
Latin included 21 different characters. The letter {{angle bracket|C}} was the western form of the Greek [[gamma]], but it was used for the sounds {{IPA|/ɡ/}} and {{IPA|/k/}} alike, possibly under the influence of [[Etruscan language|Etruscan]], which might have lacked any voiced [[plosives]]. Later, probably during the 3rd century BC, the letter {{angle bracket|Z}} – not needed to write Latin properly – was replaced with the new letter {{angle bracket|G}}, a {{angle bracket|C}} modified with a small vertical stroke, which took its place in the alphabet. From then on, {{angle bracket|G}} represented the [[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]] plosive {{IPA|/ɡ/}}, while {{angle bracket|C}} was generally reserved for the voiceless plosive {{IPA|/k/}}. The letter {{angle bracket|K}} was used only rarely, in a small number of words such as ''[[Kalends|Kalendae]]'', often interchangeably with {{angle bracket|C}}.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Old Latin alphabet
|-
!Letter 
| A || B || C || D || E || F || Z || G || H || I || K || L || M || N || O || P || Q || R || S || T || V || X
|}