Cyrillic script

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Cyrillic script

The Cyrillic script (/sɪˈrɪlɪk/ sih-RIL-ik) is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia and is used as the national script in various Slavic, Turkic, Mongolic, Uralic, Caucasian and Iranian speaking countries.

Etymology

The Cyrillic script is named after Saint Cyril, a missionary from Byzantium. It was developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 9th century AD at the Preslav Literary School.

Related terms

  • Alphabet: A standard set of letters that represent phonemes of a spoken language.
  • Slavic languages: The Indo-European languages spoken by the Slavic peoples.
  • Byzantium: An ancient Greek colony in early antiquity that later became Constantinople, and later Istanbul.
  • First Bulgarian Empire: The historical empire that existed in southeastern Europe between the 7th and 11th centuries AD.
  • Preslav Literary School: A literary school that was established in Bulgaria during the 10th century.

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