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With Christianity having been made the official state religion in 864 , Knyaz (Prince) Boris I commissioned the creation of the alphabet. Clement of Ohrid developed the alphabet and named it after his teacher, St. Cyril , a missionary who, along with his brother, Methodius , is credited for inventing the Glagolitic Alphabet , an earlier Slavic alphabet and an influence on this one. The alphabet also shows influence from the Greek , Latin , and even the Hebrew Alphabet . In the following centuries, the Cyrillic alphabet adapted to changes in spoken language, developed regional variations to suit the features of national languages, and was subjected to academic reforms and political decrees. Variations of the Cyrillic Alphabet are used to write languages throughout Eastern Europe and Asia . THE ALPHABET Notes # Zemlya : The first form developed into the second. # , shown in the second form. # , this glyph is called ЮСЪ МАЛЫЙ (jusǔ malūj). # , this glyph is called ЮСЪ МАЛЫЙ ЙОТИРОВАННЫЙ (jusǔ malūj jotirovannūj). This glyph is rare. # , this glyph is called ЮСЪ БОЛЬШОЙ (jusǔ bol'šoj). This glyph is rare. # , this glyph is called ЮСЪ БОЛЬШОЙ ЙОТИРОВАННЫЙ (jusǔ bol'šoj jotirovannūj). This glyph is rare. # alphabet, but its sound had disappeared by the time Cyrillic started to be used. In Russian, ''Gherv'' or ''Dzherv'' is only used in modern scientific texts where Cyrillic is used to transliterate Glagolitic; the character is found in some Balkan languages, notably the Languages Of The Former Yugoslavia . # s, especially before Vocative s. NUMERALS, DIACRITICS AND PUNCTUATION Each letter also had a numeric value, inherited from the corresponding Greek letter. A Titlo over a sequence of letters indicated their use as a number. ''See Cyrillic Numerals , Titlo ''. Several Diacritic s, adopted from Polytonic Greek Orthography , were also used (these may not appear correctly in all web browsers; they are supposed to be directly above the letter, not off to its upper right):
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