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It is used to write the Church Slavonic language, and was historically used for its ancestor, Old Church Slavonic. It was also used for other languages, but between the 18th and 20th centuries was mostly replaced by the modern Cyrillic script , which is used for some Slavic languages (such as Russian ), and for East European and Asian languages ...
Old Church Slavonic [1] or Old Slavonic (/ s l ə ˈ v ɒ n ɪ k, s l æ ˈ v ɒ n-/ slə-VON-ik, slav-ON-) [a] is the first Slavic literary language and the oldest extant written Slavonic language attested in literary sources.
The word glagolitic comes from Neo-Latin glagoliticus and Croatian glagoljica, from Old Church Slavonic ⰳⰾⰰⰳⱁⰾⱏ (glagolŭ), meaning "utterance" or "word". [ 2 ] The name glagolitsa is speculated to have developed in Croatia , around the 14th century, and was derived from the word glagoljati , literally "verb ( glagol ) using ...
The next characters in the Cyrillic block, range U+0460–U+0489, are historical letters, some of which are still used for Church Slavonic. The characters in the range U+048A–U+04FF and the complete Cyrillic Supplement block (U+0500–U+052F) are additional letters for various languages that are written with Cyrillic script .
The Cyrillic script and the liturgy in Old Church Slavonic, also called Old Bulgarian, were declared official in Bulgaria in 893. [5] [6] [7] By the early 12th century, individual Slavic languages started to emerge, and the liturgical language was modified in pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and orthography according to the local vernacular ...
This template is intended to force Slavonic (Slavic) fonts, if installed, for display of text in the early Cyrillic alphabet (pre-Petrine reform). This should only be used to represent early Slavonic or Church Slavonic writing or type. For display of text in the Glagolitic alphabet, please using {{Script/Glagolitic}} instead.
This template is intended to force Slavonic (Slavic) fonts, if installed, for display of text in the Glagolitic alphabet. This should only be used to represent early Slavonic or Church Slavonic writing or type. For display of text in the early Cyrillic alphabet, please use {{Script/Slavonic}} instead.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 February 2025. See also: List of Cyrillic multigraphs Main articles: Cyrillic script, Cyrillic alphabets, and Early Cyrillic alphabet This article contains special characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. This is a list of letters of the ...