Early Cyrillic alphabet Bulgarian Empire in order to write the Old Church Slavonic language. The modern Cyrillic script is still used primarily for some Slavic languages and for East European and Asian languages that were under Russian cultural influence during the 20th century. Among some of the traditionally culturally influential countries using it are Bulgaria, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine. The earliest form of manuscript Cyrillic, known as "ustav," was based on Greek uncial script, augmented by ligatures and by letters from the Glagolitic alphabet for consonants not found in Greek. The Glagolitic alphabet was created by the monk Saint Cyril, possibly with the aid
Vellara alphabet first published in 1898 by the "Albania" magazine in Brussels. Vellara alphabet Vellara script or Vellara alphabet is one of the original Albanian alphabets, encountered for the first time in early 19th century. It is named after the Greek doctor, lyricist and writer Ioannis Vilaras (Jan Vellara in Albanian), the author of a manuscript where this alphabet is documented for the first and so far the only time. Vilaras studied medicine in Padua in 1789 and later lived in Venice. In 1801, he became a physician to Veli, son of Ali Pasha Tepelena (1741–1822). Vilaras is remembered primarily as a