Category talk:la:Letter names of the Roman alphabet

Rationale for category name
I chose the name Category:la:Letter names of the Roman alphabet because: — Raifʻhār Doremítzwr ~ (U · T · C) ~ 21:33, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) the la: denotes a topical category, which this one is; and,
 * 2) the of the Roman alphabet qualification is necessary to disqualify Latin’s names for the letters of other scripts (such as  and  for the Greek alphabet’s Α, α and Β, β).

The names of F, L, M, N, R, S, and X
This category currently comprises Latin’s letter names for undefined:, undefined:, undefined:, undefined:, undefined:, undefined:, undefined:, undefined:, undefined:, undefined:, undefined:, undefined:, undefined:, and undefined: (,, , , , , , , , , , , , and , respectively). As a supporting reference for each of those Latin entries, I quoted the first five sentences of this extract (here is the full first paragraph of the third part of that publication): Elsewhere, multiple names are given for the remaining seven letters, viz. undefined: (usually or syllabic undefined:, but also (once each), undefined:, undefined:, and ιφφε), undefined: (usually  or syllabic undefined:, but also (once each) , , undefined:, undefined:, and ιλλε), undefined: (usually  or syllabic undefined:, but also (once each) , undefined:, undefined:, and ιμμε), undefined: (usually  or syllabic undefined:, but also (once each) , undefined:, undefined:, and ιννε), undefined: (usually  or syllabic undefined:, but also (once each) , , undefined:, undefined:, and ιρρε), undefined: (usually  or syllabic undefined:, but also (once each) , , undefined:, undefined:, and ισσε), and undefined: (usually , , or syllabic undefined:, but also (once each) , , and undefined:). I don’t know how to present that information in Latin entries, so I add it hereto, in case I never get round to creating entries for those Latin letter names. — Raifʻhār Doremítzwr ~ (U · T · C) ~ 23:03, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Arthur Ernest Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32
 * Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū — each, again, with a long vowel sound. But the rest of the letters, the seven semivowels or continuants — F, L, M, N, R, S, and X — are quite another matter. About their names I doubt whether complete certainty has been attained or perhaps can ever be. Not that there is lacking either clear or datable evidence for certain times, in certain authors. What is not clear is whether these semivowels always had the same nomenclature, or whether this underwent a change (or changes) and development.

The names of Y and Z…
…are, allegedly, given in Wilhelm Schulze’s 1904  Die lateinischen Buchstabennamen . I have no access to it, myself. — Raifʻhār Doremítzwr ~ (U · T · C) ~ 23:16, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Because of this: I shall add entries for and  as names of the letters undefined: and undefined:, respectively. — Raifʻhār Doremítzwr ~ (U · T · C) ~ 14:26, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Latin Grammar (3ʳᵈ ed., 1895), part 1: “Etymology”, § 1: ‘Letters and Syllables’, subsection 1: «Alphabet», page 1
 * Note.  — The Latin names for the letters were: a, be, ce, de, e, ef, ge, ha, i, ka, el, em, en, o, pe, qu (= cu), er, es, te, u, ex (ix), to be pronounced according to the rules given in 3, 7. For Y the sound was used, for Z the Greek name (zēta).