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The Early Cyrillic alphabet, also called classical Cyrillic or paleo-Cyrillic, is an alphabetic writing system that was developed in Medieval Bulgaria in the Preslav Literary School during the late 9th century. It is used to write the Church Slavonic language, and was historically used for its ancestor, Old Church Slavonic.
Cyrillic alphabet, writing system developed in the 9th–10th century for Slavic-speaking peoples of the Eastern Orthodox faith. It is currently used exclusively or as one of several alphabets for more than 50 languages, notably Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, and Tajik.
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The Early Cyrillic alphabet was developed during the 9th century AD at the Preslav Literary School in the First Bulgarian Empire during the reign of Tsar Simeon I the Great, probably by the disciples of the two Byzantine brothers Cyril and Methodius, who had previously created the Glagolitic script.
The early Cyrillic alphabet was developed in the 9th century AD and replaced the earlier Glagolitic script developed by the theologians Cyril and Methodius. It is the basis of alphabets used in various languages, past and present, Slavic origin, and non-Slavic languages influenced by Russian.
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Notes
1. Capital and lowercase letters were not distinguished in old manuscripts 2. Yeri (Ы) was originally a ligature of Yer and I (Ъ + I = Ы). 3. Iotation was indicated by ligatures formed with the letter I: Ꙗ (not ancestor of modern Ya, Я, which is derived from Ѧ), Ѥ, Ю (ligature of I and ОУ), Ѩ, Ѭ. 4. Many letters had variant forms and commonly used ligatures, for example И = І = Ї, Ѡ = Ѻ, ѠТ = Ѿ.
Cyrillic numerals
The letters had numeric values, the order of which came from the Greek alphabet.
This chart shows most of the Cyrillic letters currently in use, plus ones that are no longer used, with their names.
The Cyrillic alphabet has been adapted to write more than 120 different languages, mainly in Russia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe. In many cases additional letters are used, some of which are adaptations of standard Cyrillic letters, while others are taken from the Greek or Latin alphabets. Abaza, Abkhaz, Adyghe, Aghul, Akhvakh, Akkala Sámi, Ale...
Information about the history of the Cyrillic alphabet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_script http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Cyrillic_alphabet http://www.volgawriter.com/VW%20Cyrillic.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_alphabets https://r12a.github.io/scripts/cyrillic/ Free Cyrillic fonts http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_CyrS.html ...
A-chik Tokbirim, Adinkra, ADLaM, Armenian, Avestan, Avoiuli, Bassa (Vah), Beitha Kukju, Beria (Zaghawa), Borama / Gadabuursi, Carian, Carpathian Basin Rovas, Chinuk pipa, Chisoi, Coorgi-Cox, Coptic, Cyrillic, Dalecarlian runes, Elbasan, Etruscan, Faliscan, Fox, Galik, Georgian (Asomtavruli), Georgian (Nuskhuri), Georgian (Mkhedruli), Glagolitic, Gl...
Learn about the Cyrillic script, named after Saint Cyril, who created it in the 9th century. See the Early Cyrillic script, its development from Greek and Glagolitic, and its adaptation to write over 120 languages.
Alphabet - Cyrillic, Glagolitic, Scripts: The two early Slavic alphabets, the Cyrillic and the Glagolitic, were invented by Saints Cyril and Methodius. These men were from Thessalonica, and they traveled to the southern Slavic regions to spread Christianity.
The Early Cyrillic alphabet, also called classical Cyrillic or paleo-Cyrillic, is an alphabetic writing system that was developed in Medieval Bulgaria in the Preslav Literary School during the late 9th century.
