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Cyrillic script

The Cyrillic script (/sɪˈrɪlɪk/ ⓘ sih-RI-lik) is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic, Turkic, Mongolic, Uralic, Caucasian and Iranic-speaking countries in Southeastern Europe, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, North Asia, and East Asia, and used by many other…

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History

SlavsUncialByzantineLigaturesNaum
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Letterforms and type design

Letter formsMedievalBaroqueRenaissanceVyaz'
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Cyrillic alphabets

BelarusianBulgarianMacedonianPannonian RusynRusyn
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Usage of Cyrillic versus other scripts

Latin alphabetMoldavian SSRDanubian PrincipalitiesTransnistriaMoldovan Cyrillic
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Child systems
Old Permic script
Direction
Left-to-right
Languages
See languages using Cyrillic
Parent systems
Proto-SinaiticPhoenicianGreek (with influence from Glagolitic)Early CyrillicCyrillic script · PhoenicianGreek (with influence from Glagolitic)Early CyrillicCyrillic script · Greek (with influence from Glagolitic)Early CyrillicCyrillic script · Early CyrillicCyrillic script · Cyrillic script
Period
Earliest variants exist c. 893 – c. 940
Script type
Alphabet

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Cyrillic alphabets

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Internet top-level domains in Cyrillic

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Cyrillic script

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related to Further reading · 58
Cyrillic script → Aleksandar, April, Archived, Bohemia, Centuries, Cluj-Napoca, Comparative Literature, Diplomatic Literacy, Early Modern Transylvania, Eugene Victor, Facultad, Filosofía, George Bariţiu Institute, Georgian Scientific Journal, History, Isailović, ISSN, January, Jevrejsko-španjolska, Jewish-Spanish
related to history · 32
Cyrillic script → Angelar, Bulgaria, Bulgarian, Byzantine, Byzantine Saints Cyril, Chernorizets Hrabar, Christianity, Clement, Constantine, Cyril, Cyrillic, Early Cyrillic, Exarch, First Bulgarian Empire, Glagolitic, Great, Greek, Joan Ekzarh, John, Methodius
related to External links · 20
Cyrillic script → Alpatov, Alphabets, Cyrillic, Edinburgh, February, January, Latin Alphabet, Long Journey East, NamepediA Blog, Non-Roman Scripts, Old Cyrillic, Podcast, Retrieved, Russian Language, Slavic Languages, Soundcloud, The Cyrillic Charset Soup, The University, Transliteration, Unicode
see also · 10
Cyrillic script → BrailleRussian, BrailleVladislav, Cyrillic, Cyrillic Alphabet DayCyrillic, GrammarianYugoslav BrailleYugoslav, Latin-alphabet, Russian, Soviet, UnicodeFaux Cyrillic, Writing
Unicode range · 6
Cyrillic script → U+0400–U+04FF Cyrillic, U+0500–U+052F Cyrillic Supplement, U+1C80–U+1C8F Cyrillic Extended-C, U+1E030–U+1E08F Cyrillic Extended-D, U+2DE0–U+2DFF Cyrillic Extended-A, U+A640–U+A69F Cyrillic Extended-B
Parent systems · 5
Cyrillic script → Cyrillic script, Early CyrillicCyrillic script, Greek (with influence from Glagolitic)Early CyrillicCyrillic script, PhoenicianGreek (with influence from Glagolitic)Early CyrillicCyrillic script, Proto-SinaiticPhoenicianGreek (with influence from Glagolitic)Early CyrillicCyrillic script
related to Letters · 5
Cyrillic script → Cyrillic, East Slavic, Its, Old East Slavic, South Slavic
Sister systems · 3
Cyrillic script → Armenian, Coptic, Latin
Child systems · 1
Cyrillic script → Old Permic script
Direction · 1
Cyrillic script → Left-to-right

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cyrillic script latin letters used alphabet russian languages bulgarian serbian alphabets also use unicode lowercase italic church early language systems

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Cyrillic scriptChild systemsOld Permic script1.00infobox
Cyrillic scriptDirectionLeft-to-right1.00infobox
Cyrillic scriptISO 15924.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Cyrl (220), ​Cyrillic Cyrs (Old Church Slavonic variant)1.00infobox
Cyrillic scriptLanguagesSee languages using Cyrillic1.00infobox
Cyrillic scriptParent systemsProto-SinaiticPhoenicianGreek (with influence from Glagolitic)Early CyrillicCyrillic script1.00infobox
Cyrillic scriptParent systemsPhoenicianGreek (with influence from Glagolitic)Early CyrillicCyrillic script1.00infobox
Cyrillic scriptParent systemsGreek (with influence from Glagolitic)Early CyrillicCyrillic script1.00infobox
Cyrillic scriptParent systemsEarly CyrillicCyrillic script1.00infobox
Cyrillic scriptParent systemsCyrillic script1.00infobox
Cyrillic scriptPeriodEarliest variants exist c. 893 – c. 9401.00infobox
Cyrillic scriptScript typeAlphabet1.00infobox
Cyrillic scriptSister systemsArmenian1.00infobox
Cyrillic scriptSister systemsCoptic1.00infobox
Cyrillic scriptSister systemsLatin1.00infobox
Cyrillic scriptUnicode aliasCyrillic1.00infobox
Cyrillic scriptUnicode rangeU+0400–U+04FF Cyrillic1.00infobox
Cyrillic scriptUnicode rangeU+0500–U+052F Cyrillic Supplement1.00infobox
Cyrillic scriptUnicode rangeU+2DE0–U+2DFF Cyrillic Extended-A1.00infobox
Cyrillic scriptUnicode rangeU+A640–U+A69F Cyrillic Extended-B1.00infobox
Cyrillic scriptUnicode rangeU+1C80–U+1C8F Cyrillic Extended-C1.00infobox
Cyrillic scriptUnicode rangeU+1E030–U+1E08F Cyrillic Extended-D1.00infobox

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