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Glagolitic alphabet

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The '''Glagolitic alphabet''' is the first Slavic alphabet created in 862 or 863 by St. Cyril and Methodius. This alphabet was replaced with the [[Cyrillic alphabet]]. There are two types of the Glagolitic alphabet; one is [[:Category:Angular Glagolitic letters |Angular Glagolitic]] alphabet and the other is [[:Category: Round Glagolitic letters |Round Glagolitic alphabet]].
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The '''Glagolitic alphabet''' is the first Slavic alphabet created in 862 or 863 by St. Cyril and Methodius. This alphabet was used in more Slavic lands: Bohemia and Moravia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Kievan Rus etc. It was mostly used in Croatia, where it remained till 19th century but from 16th century onwards it slowly gave way to [[Latin alphabet]]. There are two types of the Glagolitic alphabet; one is [[:Category:Angular Glagolitic letters |Angular Glagolitic]] alphabet and the other is [[:Category: Round Glagolitic letters |Round Glagolitic alphabet]].

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