The model of the reform was not the contemporaneous language but that of the first golden age of Bulgarian culture in the late 9th and early 10th centuries during the First Bulgarian Empire.
Reformi mudel ei olnud kaasaegne keel, vaid Bulgaaria kultuuri esimese kuldajastu aegne keel 9. sajandi lõpust ja 10. sajandi algusest Esimese Bulgaaria tsaaririigi ajast.