Relationship of Cyrillic and Glagolitic scripts: Difference between revisions

Hrabar's account further describes how St. Cyrill was sent by God to Slavs "to compose 38 letters, some according to the shape of Greek letters, some according to the Slavic word." This particular statement has led some philologists to conclude Hrabar is speaking of the Cyrillic script. However, that theory is disputed by the analysis of St. M. Kuljbakin in ''Beleške o Hrabrovoj Apologiji'' (Glas SKA, Beograd, 1935).<ref>{{harvtxt|Damjanović|2004|p=170}}</ref> According to Kuljbakin, Hrabar's 38 letters corresponds to the number of letter in the Glagolitic alphabet, while the Early Cyrillic script had more than 40 graphemes.

 

 

Bulgarian scholar {{ill|Emil Georgiev|bg|Емил Георгиев (литературовед)}} is the most vocal supporter of the theory of the development of Cyrillic from a Slavic Greek-based writing alphabet; however, no examples of such a script have been preserved. Georgiev does not deny that St. Cyril developed the Glagolitic script, but he argues Cyrillic is the older script, deriving from cursive Greek.