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The Cyrillic alphabet (pronounce /səˈrɪlɪk/; also called azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters) is actually a family of alphabets, subsets of which are used by six Slavic national languages (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian and Ukrainian) as well as non-Slavic (Kazakh, Uzbek, Kyrgyz and Tajik of the former Soviet Union, and Mongolian). It is also used by many other languages of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Siberia and other languages in the past. Not all letters in the Cyrillic alphabet are used in every language that is written with it.

Trivia about cyrillic

  • In the 1860s a Russification progam meant Lithuanian books had to use this alphabet
  • You're a Slav to the study of language if you know that this alphabet bears the name of a 9th c. saint
  • Kyrgyz, Kyrgyzstan's official language, is written using this alphabet
  • The 9th century "Apostle of the Slavs" gave his name to this alphabet used by the Slavs
  • Unlike most European languages, Bulgarian doesn't use the Roman alphabet, but uses this one
  • The Croatian language uses the Roman alphabet; the very similar main language of Serbia, this alphabet
  • The main alphabet used by the Russians
  • There are 33 letters in this alphabet seen here
  • The Bulgarian language is written in this alphabet

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