Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet

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The Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet is the modern variant of the Cyrillic script used for writing the Bulgarian language and adapted for various related linguistic and signed systems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cyrillic script variant
alphabet
writing system
basedOn Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet self-linksurface differs
surface form: Old Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet
country Bulgaria
direction left-to-right
hasDistinctLetterFor /ja/ (Я)
/ju/ (Ю)
/jɔ/ (ЙО, ЙО) via Й + О
palatalization marker (Ь)
schwa-like vowel /ɤ/ (Ъ)
hasLetter А
Б
В
Г
Д
Е
Ж
З
И
Й
К
Л
М
Н
О
П
Р
С
Т
У
Ф
Х
Ц
Ч
Ш
Щ
Ъ
Ь
Ю
Я
hasLowercaseForm а
б
в
г
д
е
ж
з
и
й
к
л
м
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о
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т
у
ф
х
ц
ч
ш
щ
ъ
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ю
я
ISOBasicLatinOverlap letters visually similar to Latin script
language Bulgarian language
numberOfLetters 30
officialStatusIn Bulgaria
surface form: Republic of Bulgaria
region Balkans
surface form: Southeastern Europe
scriptFamily Cyrillic script
standardizedIn 20th century
UnicodeBlock Cyrillic script
surface form: Cyrillic

Cyrillic Extended-A
Cyrillic Extended-B
Cyrillic Supplement block
surface form: Cyrillic Supplement
usedFor Bulgarian Sign Language notation (adapted forms)
writing the Bulgarian language
usedIn Bulgarian education system
Bulgarian official documents
Bulgarian signage
writingSystemOf standard Bulgarian
writingSystemType alphabetic

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Bulgarian Sign Language (written form) usesAlphabet Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet
Bulgarian Sign Language (written form) basedOn Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet
this entity surface form: Bulgarian Cyrillic orthography
Bulgarian language hasWritingSystem Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet
this entity surface form: Modern Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet
Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet basedOn Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Old Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet