Cyrillic script

E3591
alphabet writing system

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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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
Cyrillic alphabet 18
Cyrillic 7
Church Slavonic Cyrillic script 1

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alphabet ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedWith Saint Methodius ⓘ
derivedFrom Greek alphabet ⓘ
developedFor Church Slavonic ⓘ
surface form: Old Church Slavonic language
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 ⓘ
surface form: Unicode Standard
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 ⓘ
North Asia ⓘ
surface form: Northern Asia

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

Referenced by (77)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mikhail → alphabet → Cyrillic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyrillic
Bosnian → alsoWrittenIn → Cyrillic script ⓘ
.rf → associatedScript → Cyrillic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyrillic alphabet
Serbian Cyrillic alphabet → basedOn → Cyrillic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Church Slavonic Cyrillic script
Ossetian language → currentlyWrittenIn → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Turkmenistan → formerScript → Cyrillic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyrillic alphabet
Balochi → hasWritingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Mačva region → hasWritingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Nikita → hasWritingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyrillic
Uralic languages → hasWritingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Turkic world → hasWritingSystems → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Azerbaijani language → historicalScript → Cyrillic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyrillic alphabet
Gagauz → historicalWritingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyrillic alphabet
Greek alphabet → influenced → Cyrillic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyrillic alphabet
Nganasan → languageWritingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Bulgarian language → laterWritingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Early Cyrillic script
Turkmen language → previousOfficialScript → Cyrillic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyrillic alphabet
Cyrillic Extended-B → relatedBlock → Cyrillic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyrillic
Judeo-Tat → script → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Serbian cross → scriptAssociation → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Serbian Cyrillic alphabet → scriptFamily → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Crimean Tatars → scriptUsed → Cyrillic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyrillic alphabet
Abkhazians → scriptUsedHistorically → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Persian language → scriptVariant → Cyrillic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tajik Cyrillic script
First Bulgarian Empire → significantEvent → Cyrillic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Creation of Cyrillic script
Bulgarians → traditionalAlphabet → Cyrillic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyrillic alphabet
this entity surface form: Cyrillic alphabet
Bulgarian language → usesAlphabet → Cyrillic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyrillic alphabet
Podgorica → usesAlphabet → Cyrillic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyrillic alphabet
Russian language → usesAlphabet → Cyrillic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Cyrillic alphabet
this entity surface form: Cyrillic alphabet
Selkup → usesScript → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Bishkek → usesScriptForKyrgyz → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Belarusians → usesWritingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Yupik → usesWritingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyrillic alphabet
Aleut → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyrillic alphabet
Andriy → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyrillic
Bulgarians → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
East Slavic languages → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
East Slavs → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Elena → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyrillic alphabet
Eskimo–Aleut languages → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
First Bulgarian Empire → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Ingush → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
Kazakh language → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet
Kazakhs → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyrillic script (Kazakh alphabet)
Kurdish language → writingSystem → Cyrillic script ⓘ