Assertion: latin alphabet's letter | /r/HasProperty | introduced
Facets:
value: from the runic alphabet
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: After the evolution of the alphabet from the Western Greek Alphabet through Old Italic alphabet, G developed from C, the letter J developed from a flourished I, V and U split and the ligature of VV became W, the letter thorn Þ was introduced from the runic alphabet but was lost in all languages except Icelandic, and the letter s could be written either as a long s (ſ) inside a word or as a terminal s at the end or after a long s (ß) after the 7th century AD, but the long s was generally abandoned in the 19th century.
text: For some of them, additional letters were introduced.
text: /dz/, as the letter y was introduced to represent the sound of the Greek upsilon /y/.
text: Since the letter 'å' has only been introduced in relatively recent it is quite common to see local place names and individuals who use the old 'aa' method of spelling.