Why is it called “Romanized” when you write a foreign language phonetically using the English alphabet?

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Why is it called “Romanized” when you write a foreign language phonetically using the English alphabet?

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Answer 1

Becuase you are writing it down in Latin (Roman) alphabet. All European alphabets with a few exception use the same Latin alphabet.

Answer 2

Because its not just the English alphabet – it’s the Latin alphabet, as used by the ancient Romans, but now used to write many different languages (English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, etc).