Bulgarian alphabet Bulgarian alphabet The Bulgarian alphabet is used to write the Bulgarian language. In AD 886, the Bulgarian Empire introduced the Glagolitic alphabet, devised by Saints Cyril and Methodius in the 850s. The Glagolitic alphabet was gradually superseded in later centuries by the Cyrillic script, developed around the Preslav Literary School, Bulgaria at the beginning of the 10th century. Several Cyrillic alphabets with 28 to 44 letters were used in the early and middle 19th century during the efforts on the codification of Modern Bulgarian until an alphabet with 32 letters, proposed by Marin Drinov, gained prominence in the 1870s: it
Elbasan alphabet this alphabet of Albanian, whereas Shuteriqi and Domi see a strong influence of Bulgarian due to the jurisdiction, until 1767, of the Bulgarian-rite Archbishopric of Ohrid. Elbasan alphabet The Elbasan script is a mid 18th-century alphabetic script used for the Albanian language. It was named after the city of Elbasan, where it was invented, and was used mainly in the area of Elbasan and Berat, and is the oldest original script used to write Albanian. It was created for the "Elbasan Gospel Manuscript", also known as the "Anonimi i Elbasanit" ("the Anonymous of Elbasan"), which is the primary document associated