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Glagolitic script

The Glagolitic script (/ˌɡlæɡəˈlɪtɪk/ GLAG-ə-LIT-ik; ⰳⰾⰰⰳⱁⰾⰻⱌⰰ, glagolitsa) is the oldest-known Slavic alphabet. It is generally agreed that it was created in the 9th century for the purpose of translating liturgical texts into Old Church Slavonic by Cyril, a Christian monk from Thessalonica. He and his brother Methodius were sent by the Byzantine…

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Creator
Saint Cyril of Thessalonica
Direction
Left-to-right
Languages
Byzantine Greek, Old Church Slavonic and local recensions, Chakavian Croatian, Old Croatian, Old Czech, Old Serbian, Old Slovene, Old Slovak
Parent systems
Proto-SinaiticPhoenicianGreekGlagolitic · PhoenicianGreekGlagolitic · GreekGlagolitic · Glagolitic
Period
862; 1164 years ago (862)/863; 1163 years ago (863) to the Middle Ages (survival in Croatia into the 19th century)
Script type
Alphabet

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Glagolitic script

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Avg. degree1.99
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related to Spread of the script · 56
Glagolitic script → Adriatic, Another, At, Authorization, Bohemia, Boris, Bulgaria, Bulgarian, Bulgarian Cyrillic, Byzantine, Byzantines, Clement, Croatia, Croatian, Croatians, Cyrillic, Dalmatia, Duchy, First Bulgarian Empire, Formally
related to Decline in Croatia · 31
Glagolitic script → Aquileia, Assisi, But, Cazin, Croatia, Glagolitic, Istria, Italian, Koper, Krk, Latin, Napoleon, Nin, Novi, Novigrad, Novitiates, Osor, Other, Otočac, Pićan
related to Name and etymology · 21
Glagolitic script → Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatia, Croatian, Czech, Glagolitic, In, Macedonian, Neo-Latin, Old Church Slavonic, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slavonic, Slovak, Slovene, Sorbian, The, The Croatian, Ukrainian
related to External links · 11
Glagolitic script → Alternative, Budapest Glagolitic Fragments, DilyanaGlagolitic FontsGNU FreeFont, Glagolitic, Glagolitic ScriptCroatian Glagolitic ScriptGlagolitic, Official, Old Church Slavonic Institute, Proposals, Staroslavenski, The Glagolitic, Unicode Glagolitic
Parent systems · 4
Glagolitic script → Glagolitic, GreekGlagolitic, PhoenicianGreekGlagolitic, Proto-SinaiticPhoenicianGreekGlagolitic
Unicode range · 2
Glagolitic script → U+1E000–U+1E02F Glag. Supplement, U+2C00–U+2C5F Glagolitic
Creator · 1
Glagolitic script → Saint Cyril of Thessalonica
Direction · 1
Glagolitic script → Left-to-right
ISO 15924 · 1
Glagolitic script → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Glag (225), ​Glagolitic
Languages · 1
Glagolitic script → Byzantine Greek, Old Church Slavonic and local recensions, Chakavian Croatian, Old Croatian, Old Czech, Old Serbian, Old Slovene, Old Slovak

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glagolitic croatian alphabet zagreb script cyrillic century isbn letters use used slavic cyril greek croatia bulgarian needed dalmatia church language

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Glagolitic scriptCreatorSaint Cyril of Thessalonica1.00infobox
Glagolitic scriptDirectionLeft-to-right1.00infobox
Glagolitic scriptISO 15924.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Glag (225), ​Glagolitic1.00infobox
Glagolitic scriptLanguagesByzantine Greek, Old Church Slavonic and local recensions, Chakavian Croatian, Old Croatian, Old Czech, Old Serbian, Old Slovene, Old Slovak1.00infobox
Glagolitic scriptParent systemsProto-SinaiticPhoenicianGreekGlagolitic1.00infobox
Glagolitic scriptParent systemsPhoenicianGreekGlagolitic1.00infobox
Glagolitic scriptParent systemsGreekGlagolitic1.00infobox
Glagolitic scriptParent systemsGlagolitic1.00infobox
Glagolitic scriptPeriod862; 1164 years ago (862)/863; 1163 years ago (863) to the Middle Ages (survival in Croatia into the 19th century)1.00infobox
Glagolitic scriptScript typeAlphabet1.00infobox
Glagolitic scriptUnicode aliasGlagolitic1.00infobox
Glagolitic scriptUnicode rangeU+2C00–U+2C5F Glagolitic1.00infobox
Glagolitic scriptUnicode rangeU+1E000–U+1E02F Glag. Supplement1.00infobox

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