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[Pokemon] Why do Unown Pokemon based on the English alphabet if the Pokemon universe seems to use a different alphabet

Like in sword and shield all the text is a made up alphabet. Shouldn't the unown be those letters?

Edit: Why ARE**
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Unnervingly enough, the actual pokedex entries specify they're based on an *ancient, long extinct alphabet.*

In the pokeverse,  the English (well, Latin, but whatever) alphabet is long dead and almost completely forgotten except for a few tablets and the Unown. The implications of this for what exactly the pokemon world is are...worrying. But without going into post-apocalyptic speculations, there's your answer.

They *are* based on the English alphabet in-universe, but the pokeverse doesn't use the English alphabet anymore. Precisely why there are pokemon based on this one writing system and no others is lost to time.