Linguistic and Cultural Terms

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Cyrillic alphabet

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Writing system developed by the Slavic peoples of Eastern Europe, incorporating Roman and Greek characters as well as unique Slavic symbols (e.g., А Б В Г Д Е Ж).

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Germanic

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Languages deriving from the early Germanic peoples of Northern and Central Europe.

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Indo-European

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Originating from within Europe.

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Monotheistic

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Believing in and/or worshipping a single deity (i.e., one God).

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Romance

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Languages deriving from Latin, which was spoken during the Roman Empire.

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Roman alphabet

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Writing system developed by the Romans and commonly used by many Romance and Germanic languages today (e.g., A B C D E F G).

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Slavic

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Languages deriving from the early Slavic peoples of Eastern Europe.

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Society

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People living together in an ordered community.