Sample Characters
First 48 characters from Glagolitic (U+2C00–U+2C5F)
About Glagolitic
The Glagolitic script is the oldest known Slavic alphabet, created by Saint Cyril (then called Constantine) around 862 CE for the purpose of translating religious texts into Old Church Slavonic. The name 'Glagolitic' comes from the Old Slavic word glagol, meaning 'word' or 'to speak.'
Glagolitic was eventually replaced by the Cyrillic alphabet (which was modeled more closely on Greek) in most Slavic regions, but it survived in liturgical use in Croatia until the 20th century. Today it is no longer used as a living script but is studied historically and preserved in Catholic Croatian liturgy.
Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.
Script Family & Lineage
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Key Facts
- ISO Code
- Glag
- ISO Number
- 225
- Script Type
- Alphabet
- Direction
- Left-to-right
- Status
- Liturgical
- Region
- European
- Characters
- 134
- Introduced
- 862 CE
- Languages
- 0
Unicode Ranges
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GlagoliticU+2C00–U+2C5F
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Glagolitic SupplementU+1E000–U+1E02A
Script Properties
- Has Case
- Yes
- Cursive
- No
- Vowels
- full