During colonialism, the alphabet began its spread around the world, being employed for previously unwritten languages, notably in the wake of Christianization, being used in Bible translations.
在殖民主義時期，拉丁字母開始在全世界廣泛傳播，主要被用於書寫過往沒有文字的語言，特別是透過基督教的傳播，用於聖經的翻譯本上。