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1. The Cyrillic script is used as the official alphabet only in mostly Orthodox countries
Cyrillic is used in Mongolia, whose dominant religion is Buddhism
2. Over 500 million people use Cyrillic as their native alphabet
About 250 million
3. In Russian, we can use the letter Я (read: ya) to describe the 1st person singular. (Similarly to the letter I in English)
4. There is a some country outside of Europe and Asia that uses Cyrillic
5. In every country, Cyrillic letters are read the same way
The letter И in Russian is read differently than in Ukrainian
6. ъ is a soft sign, and ь is a hard sign
The other way around
7. The Russian Cyrillic has more letters than the Polish language (the soft and hard signs are also counted as letters)
The Polish language has 32 letters, and Russian has 33
8. The Georgian language is written in Cyrillic
The Georgian language has its own unique alphabet
9. In the EU there is at least one country that uses the Cyrillic
Bulgaria
10. Cyrillic was created in the 12th century
It was already used in the 10th century
11. In the past, Moldova used the Cyrillic script
until 1862 and in the years 1924-1989. Meanwhile, Transnistria still uses Cyrillic
12. The first traces of the use of Cyrillic come from the areas of today's western Russia and eastern Belarus
They come from the eastern regions of Bulgaria
13. You must know Cyrillic if you want to obtain Serbian citizenship
14. Cyrillic replaced and displaced Glagolitic
15. Р in Cyrillic is read as R