Cyrillic script
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The Cyrillic script is an alphabetic writing system used for many Slavic and other Eurasian languages, including Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Ukrainian.
All labels observed (18)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T28300 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Cyrillic script Context triple: [Indo-European language family, writingSystemsInclude, Cyrillic script]
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Latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet is the writing system originally used for Latin that has become the most widely adopted script in the world, forming the basis of many modern languages including English, Spanish, and French.
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Old Italic script
Old Italic script is an ancient family of writing systems used on the Italian peninsula, from which the Latin alphabet ultimately evolved.
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C.
Vietnamese alphabet
The Vietnamese alphabet is a modern Latin-based writing system that uses additional diacritics to represent the tones and specific sounds of the Vietnamese language.
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D.
Kanji
Kanji are logographic characters of Chinese origin used in the Japanese writing system alongside hiragana and katakana.
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E.
Koine Greek
Koine Greek is the common dialect of ancient Greek that served as the primary language of the New Testament and early Christian writings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Cyrillic script Target entity description: 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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A.
Latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet is the writing system originally used for Latin that has become the most widely adopted script in the world, forming the basis of many modern languages including English, Spanish, and French.
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B.
Old Italic script
Old Italic script is an ancient family of writing systems used on the Italian peninsula, from which the Latin alphabet ultimately evolved.
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C.
Vietnamese alphabet
The Vietnamese alphabet is a modern Latin-based writing system that uses additional diacritics to represent the tones and specific sounds of the Vietnamese language.
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D.
Kanji
Kanji are logographic characters of Chinese origin used in the Japanese writing system alongside hiragana and katakana.
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E.
Judeo-Arabic
Judeo-Arabic is a group of Arabic dialects historically spoken and written by Jewish communities, typically using the Hebrew script and incorporating Hebrew and Aramaic elements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alphabet
ⓘ
writing system ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Saint Methodius ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Greek alphabet ⓘ |
| developedFor |
Church Slavonic
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surface form:
Old Church Slavonic language
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| developedIn | First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ |
| developedInCentury | 10th century ⓘ |
| hasApproximateNumberOfLetters |
30 in Bulgarian alphabet
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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
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Bulgaria ⓘ Kazakhstan (historically and currently in transition) ⓘ Kyrgyzstan ⓘ North Macedonia ⓘ Russia ⓘ Serbia ⓘ Tajikistan ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Unicode
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surface form:
Unicode Standard
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| scriptFamily | Cyrillic ⓘ |
| unicodeBlock |
Cyrillic
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Cyrillic Extended-A ⓘ Cyrillic Extended-B ⓘ Cyrillic Extended-C ⓘ Cyrillic Supplement ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Iranian languages
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Mongolic languages ⓘ Slavic languages ⓘ Turkic languages ⓘ Uralic languages ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Abkhaz language
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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
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Central Asia ⓘ Eastern Europe ⓘ North Asia ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Asia
Siberia ⓘ Balkans ⓘ
surface form:
Southeastern Europe
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| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingSystemStatus | living ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | alphabetic ⓘ |
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Subject: Cyrillic script Description of subject: The Cyrillic script is an alphabetic writing system used for many Slavic and other Eurasian languages, including Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Ukrainian.
Referenced by (627)
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