Cyrillic script - Wikipedia The Cyrillic script is derived from the Greek uncial script letters, augmented by ligatures and consonants from the older Glagolitic alphabet for sounds not found in Greek Glagolitic and Cyrillic were formalized by the Byzantine Saints Cyril and Methodius and their Bulgarian disciples, such as Saints Naum, Clement, Angelar, and Sava They
Cyrillic alphabet | Definition, History, Facts | Britannica 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
Cyrillic script (Кириллица) - Omniglot Modern Cyrillic script This chart shows most of the Cyrillic letters currently in use, plus ones that are no longer used, with their names Languages written with the Cyrillic alphabet The Cyrillic alphabet has been adapted to write more than 120 different languages, mainly in Russia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe
Cyrillic script - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Cyrillic script, sometimes called the Slavonic script or Slavic script, is a writing system used to write Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Rusyn, Bulgarian, Macedonian and for most South Slavic languages It was developed in the Bulgarian empire during the reign of Tsar Simeon I
The history of the Cyrillic alphabet | Europeana Since 2007, the Cyrillic alphabet has been an official script of the European Union and is used today in Bulgaria and in other countries The complex history of the Cyrllic alphabet dates back to the 9th and 10th centuries, intertwined with many countries in the Slavic area
Cyrillic Alphabet – Word Gate The Cyrillic alphabet is a writing system developed in the 9th century and used primarily in Slavic-speaking countries and regions It is the official alphabet for languages like Russian , Bulgarian , Ukrainian , Serbian , and several others across Eastern Europe and parts of Central Asia
What is Meant by Cyrillic: A Brief Introduction to the Cyrillic . . . Cyrillic characters, the script used by many Eastern European and Central Asian languages, possess distinct phonetic and orthographic features The Cyrillic alphabet consists of 33 to 35 letters, depending on the specific language One key characteristic of Cyrillic is its phonetic nature
Cyrillic alphabets - Wikipedia It is the basis of alphabets used in various languages, past and present, Slavic origin, and non-Slavic languages influenced by Russian As of 2011, around 252 million people in Eurasia use it as the official alphabet for their national languages About half of them are in Russia Cyrillic is one of the most-used writing systems in the world