The Glagolitic alphabet was one of the scripts invented by Saints Cyril and Methodius (the other was the Cyrillic alphabet) as part of their mission of Christianization of the Slavic people.
Glagolitic was extensively used in what is now Croatia, particularly in the liturgical writings like prayer books and the Bible; in fact, it was used as the liturgical script among the Roman Catholics in Dalmatia; then spread across the Croatian lands. The use of Glagolitic script lasted from 12th to 19th century, replaced by the Latin alphabet.
I wonder why the 19th century Croatian nationalists never considered the modernization of the Glagolitic alphabet and its adaption to the modern Croatian language, just like what Vuk Karadžić has done to the Cyrillic script and its adaptation to the Serbian vernacular, or in short, the creation of Serbian Cyrillic alphabet.
Glagolitic was extensively used in what is now Croatia, particularly in the liturgical writings like prayer books and the Bible; in fact, it was used as the liturgical script among the Roman Catholics in Dalmatia; then spread across the Croatian lands. The use of Glagolitic script lasted from 12th to 19th century, replaced by the Latin alphabet.
I wonder why the 19th century Croatian nationalists never considered the modernization of the Glagolitic alphabet and its adaption to the modern Croatian language, just like what Vuk Karadžić has done to the Cyrillic script and its adaptation to the Serbian vernacular, or in short, the creation of Serbian Cyrillic alphabet.
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