Studies of Slavic writing memos are sufficiently scarce, but Russian writing has its own history, from which our modern alphabet has come out. Az, Buki, lead ... This is the first Scripture of Slavic letters called Cyrillic. Where did these letters come from, how are they upgraded and are used in modern times? Let's deal with together.
What is Cyrillic?
Cyrillic is called a system of symbols that were used for the letters to the peoples living in the territory of the ancient Slavic states. If you explain with simple words what Cyrillic is, this is an ordinary alphabet consisting of ancient characters. In Wikipedia, the term Cyrillic has a wider value and several decodes. So, Cyrillic is:
- Old Slavonic ABC.
- Ancient alphabet.
- Font church writings.
The "ancestor" of Cyrillic is the Greek language (the statutory letter - Unzialie), and such a letter was created approximately in the first century in Bulgaria. It consists of ancient Cyrillic of 45 letters. And the main goal of its creation is to record church Slavonic languages, which contributed to the acquaintance of pagan tribes with oriental Christianity.
A little story about the creation of Cyrillic
The term was obtained in honor of Cyril enlightener, who, together with Methodius, one of the first created Slavic ABC. He also engaged in the transfer of Christian liturgical scriptures, which made a huge contribution to the church culture of that time.
After the adoption of Christianity, Rus received an alphabet, known to us as Cyrillic, thanks to which Greek religious texts were translated. Nowadays, more than 70 countries use Cyrillic as a tool for their languages. Mostly here include the languages \u200b\u200bof the ethnic-Slavic group called the CIS countries.
Who uses Cyrillic in the modern world?
Ancient Cyrillic reached us not in its original form. Under the influence of Western trends and cultural changes, such letters are disappeared from this alphabet such as Yer, Yat, YUS, KSI, Izhitsa, etc. The remaining letters simplified both in the letter and in pronunciation. As for the use of this ancient alphabet, it still writes peoples who speak not Slavic languages, such as:
- kyrgyz;
- abkhaz;
- kazakh;
- mongolian;
- ossetian;
- tajik.
Most of the sacred Orthodox books and Scriptures are created in the languages \u200b\u200bof Cyrillic. This is the Bible, Genesis, Gospel, Officers, Messages.
Modern Cyrillic has only 33 letters and is called the alphabet, which is taught today at school. Such a type of letter signs, acquired in Soviet times (1918).
What remains from Cyrillic in the alphabets of Slavic and not Slavic languages?
Today, the letters of Cyrillic are actively used in the languages \u200b\u200bof Slavic peoples. In the table, you can consider which languages \u200b\u200b"left" the letters of an ancient alphabet:
Cyrillic alphabet of non-Slavic languages \u200b\u200blooks a little different:
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