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The original title was supposed to say "Latin-based/derived Slavic script", but someone could've given the cheeky answer of the West Slavs, the Slovenes and the Croats, so pardon the slightly nonsensical title.

As some may know, today, most Slavic languages, sans those mentioned above, as well as some non-Slavic ones, use the script known as Cyrillic for writing purposes. The script's forefather, Glagolitic, was created sometime in the 9th century, by the brothers Saints Cyril and Methodius, and the script itself would be reiterated upon by their disciples, specifically those that escaped to Bulgaria following their banishment from Great Moravia in the 880s. While Glagolitic had some derivation from other scripts due to Cyril, being well-traveled due to the missions he was sent on, it, as well as Cyrillic, were ultimately derived and based on the Greek of that era.

However, without considering the impact this would've made, whether it be in a world where Pope Nicholas I responded to Rastislav of Moravia's envoys (asking him to send missionaries to Moravia who mastered the Slavic language), a world where the church remained united and continued using Latin as its ecclesiastical language of choice, or whatever; what would a Latin-based/derived version of Glagolitic and Cyrllic look like?

To start things off, the letters A. E, K, M, and O would more than likely remain the same, while the letter B would look the same but be pronounced differently, /b/ rather than /v/, as it is in Cyrillic. The letter Ђ could also exist if it is derived from the way G is written in new Latin cursive, though that would make it more /g/ than /dʑ/ as it is OTL.
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