Why didn't we see more symbol (non-Latin) alphabets, such as Arabic, Cyrillic, and other Asian dialects develop more in Europe?

by TheRealBean67

As it is clear to see today, almost all European countries, with the exception of some Balkan countries, Ukraine, and Russia use the Latin alphabet. Obviously it is popular there because it developed there, but how come many of the alphabets that came from Asia and other regions of the world did not become more popular in Europe than they are today? You see that these languages that exist in Europe are most popular among immigrants, but how come earlier in history Latin was able to dominate so much over these other languages?

Steelcan909

Hey there,

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