Bulgarian was the first Slavic language to be written in the 9th century using the Glagolitic alphabet, which was later replaced by the Cyrillic alphabet. In the 19th century, different versions of the Cyrillic alphabet with varying numbers of letters were used until a 32-letter version became standard in the 1870s. A modern Bulgarian literary language was standardized in 1878 after Bulgaria gained independence, incorporating words from Turkish, Latin, Greek, Russian, and other languages. The modern Bulgarian alphabet and basic greetings, numbers, days, months, and other common phrases are provided.