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Cyrillic script

writing system developed in Bulgaria and used for various Eurasian languages

Details

Instance of: writing system, alphabet, bicameral script, natural writing system
Subclass of: natural writing system
Inception: 9th century
Creator: Clement of Ohrid, Saint Naum, Constantine of Preslav
Based on: Greek alphabet
category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Cyrillic alphabet
described by source: Vlastenský slovník historický, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopedic Lexicon, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
different from: Cyrillic-script alphabet
format as a regular expression: \p{IsCyrillic}
has use: Cyrillic-script alphabet
name: Cyrillic, cyrillique
named after: Saint Cyril the Philosopher
native label: кириллица
permanent duplicated item: Cyrillic alphabet and script
script directionality: left-to-right
topic has template: Template:Cyrillic script
topic's main category: Category:Cyrillic script
Unicode range: U+0400-04FF, U+0500-052F, U+1C80-1C8F, U+2DE0-2DFF, U+A640-A69F, U+1E030-1E08F