Glagolitic
oldest known Slavic alphabet
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Summary
Glagolitic is an alphabet[1]. Glagolitic draws 9,757 Wikipedia views per month (alphabet category, ranking #7 of 62).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Saints Cyril and Methodius[3]
- Instance of: unicase alphabet[4], writing system[5], natural writing system[6]
- Location: Great Moravia[7]
- Part of: Church Slavonic[8]
- Commons category: Glagolitic alphabet[9]
- Language of work or name: Old Church Slavonic[10], Croatian[11], Church Slavonic[12], Bulgarian[13], Serbian[14]
- Wikimedia language code: chu[15]
- Has part(s): Glagolitic letter[16], Glagolitic numerals[17]
- Inception: 862[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Glagolitic script[19]
- Commons gallery: Glagolitic alphabet[20]
- Described by source: Vlastenský slovník historický[21], Encyclopedic Lexicon[22], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[25], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[26], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27], The Encyclopedia Americana[28]
- Script directionality: left-to-right[29]
- Topic has template: Template:Script/Glagolitic[30]
- Used by: Slavs[31]
- Native label: Ⰽⱛⱃⰺⰾⰾⱁⰲⰺⱌⰰ[32]
- Name: Glagolitic[33], glagolitique[34]
- Unicode range: U+1E000-1E02F[35], U+2C00-2C5F[36]
Why It Matters
Glagolitic has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Glagolitic is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]