Cyrillic script

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The Cyrillic script is an alphabetic writing system used for many Slavic and other Eurasian languages, including Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Ukrainian.

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Generate an image of the Cyrillic script (The Cyrillic script is an alphabetic writing system used for many Slavic and other Eurasian languages, including Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Ukrainian.)

All labels observed (20)

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Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alphabet ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedWith Saint Methodius ⓘ
derivedFrom Greek alphabet ⓘ
developedFor Old Church Slavonic language ⓘ
linked to: Church Slavonic
developedIn First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
developedInCentury 10th century ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfLetters 30 in Bulgarian alphabet ⓘ
30 in Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
33 in Russian alphabet ⓘ
33 in Ukrainian alphabet ⓘ
hasUppercaseAndLowercase true ⓘ
influencedBy Glagolitic script ⓘ
ISO15924Code Cyrl ⓘ
namedAfter Saint Cyril ⓘ
officialScriptOf Belarus ⓘ
Bulgaria ⓘ
Kazakhstan (historically and currently in transition) ⓘ
Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
North Macedonia ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
Tajikistan ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
recognizedBy Unicode Standard ⓘ
linked to: Unicode
scriptFamily Cyrillic ⓘ
unicodeBlock Cyrillic ⓘ
Cyrillic Extended-A ⓘ
Cyrillic Extended-B ⓘ
Cyrillic Extended-C ⓘ
Cyrillic Supplement ⓘ
usedBy Iranian languages ⓘ
Mongolic languages ⓘ
Slavic languages ⓘ
Turkic languages ⓘ
Uralic languages ⓘ
usedFor Abkhaz language ⓘ
Bashkir language ⓘ
Belarusian language ⓘ
Bulgarian Sign Language (written form) ⓘ
Bulgarian language ⓘ
Chechen language ⓘ
Church Slavonic language ⓘ
Chuvash language ⓘ
Kazakh language ⓘ
Kyrgyz language ⓘ
Macedonian language ⓘ
Mongolian language ⓘ
Ossetian language ⓘ
Russian language ⓘ
Rusyn language ⓘ
Serbian language ⓘ
Tajik language ⓘ
Tatar language ⓘ
Ukrainian language ⓘ
usedInRegion Caucasus ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ
Northern Asia ⓘ
linked to: North Asia

Siberia ⓘ
Southeastern Europe ⓘ
linked to: Balkans
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystemStatus living ⓘ
writingSystemType alphabetic ⓘ

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Referenced by (824)

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Russian language → usesAlphabet → Russian Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script
Persian language → scriptVariant → Tajik Cyrillic script ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script
Crimean Tatars → scriptUsed → Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script
Judeo-Tat → script → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Belarusians → usesWritingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Aleut → writingSystem → Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script
Balochi → hasWritingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Turkmenistan → formerScript → Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script
Azerbaijani language → historicalScript → Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script
Turkmen language → writingSystem → Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script
Turkmen language → previousOfficialScript → Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script
Serbs → writingSystem → Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script
Ossetians → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Greek alphabet → influenced → Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script
Iranian languages → writingSystemUsed → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Old East Slavic → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Tajiks → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Kazakh language → writingSystem → Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script
Ossetian language → currentlyWrittenIn → Cyrillic script ⓘ
First Bulgarian Empire → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
First Bulgarian Empire → significantEvent → Creation of Cyrillic script ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script
Uzbek → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Rusyn language → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Cyrillic Extended-B → relatedBlock → Cyrillic ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script
Abkhazians → scriptUsedHistorically → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Eskimo–Aleut languages → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Uralic languages → hasWritingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Bulgarians → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Bulgarians → traditionalAlphabet → Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script
Montenegrins → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Kurdish language → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Podgorica → usesAlphabet → Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script
East Slavic languages → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Mikhail → alphabet → Cyrillic ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script
Rusyns → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Slavs → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Yuri → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Turkic world → hasWritingSystems → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Pavel → writingSystem → Cyrillic ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script
Gagauz → historicalWritingSystem → Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script
Kazakhs → writingSystem → Cyrillic script (Kazakh alphabet) ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script
Wiszniew, Second Polish Republic → usedScriptForLocalNames → Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script
Andriy → writingSystem → Cyrillic ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script
.rf → associatedScript → Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script
Mongolic languages → writingSystemUsed → Cyrillic script ⓘ
East Slavs → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ