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Front Matter
Glagolitic
The first Slavic alphabet, created by Saint Cyril in 862 for Slavic missions.
The first Slavic alphabet, created by Saint Cyril in 862 for Slavic missions. Predates the Cyrillic alphabet but was displaced by it. Used in Catholic Mass in Croatia until the 19th century, with 200+ medieval inscriptions surviving. Considered one of the world's most beautiful scripts for its geometric complexity — now protected as Croatian national cultural heritage.
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The Letters
Signs · Unicode · TypesSample GlyphsClick to copy
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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Reading Mechanics
Direction · Method↔
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
좌→우 (LTR)
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System
Alphabet
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Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
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The Lineage
Family · DescendantsPhylogeny
Descendants of hieroglyphs
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family
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