Slavic languages
The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages) are a language family of the Indo-European group. Slavic languages and dialects are spoken in Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and North Asia.
| Slavic | |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity: | Slavs |
| Geographic distribution: | Throughout Central Europe, Eastern Europe and Russia |
| Linguistic classification: | Indo-European
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| Proto-language: | Proto-Slavic |
| Subdivisions: | |
| ISO 639-2 and 639-5: | sla |
| 300px Countries where an East Slavic language is the national language
Countries where a West Slavic language is the national language Countries where a South Slavic language is the national language | |
List of Slavic languages
East Slavic languages
These languages are usually written with the Cyrillic alphabet.
West Slavic languages
These languages are usually written with the Roman alphabet.
- Czech-Slovak languages
- Lechitic languages
- Sorbian
South Slavic languages
These languages may be written with the Cyrillic or Latin script, depending on the language.
Pan-Slavic languages
Slavic Languages Media
- Slavic languages tree.svg
Balto-Slavic language tree.[source?]
- Slavic languages.png
Linguistic maps of Slavic languages
- Balto-Slavic lng.png
Area of Balto-Slavic dialectic continuum (purple) with proposed material cultures correlating to speakers Balto-Slavic in Bronze Age (white). Red dots = archaic Slavic hydronyms
- Bascanska ploca.jpg
Baška tablet, 11th century, Krk, Croatia.
- Slavic languages tree and map from Kushniarevich article.png
Map and tree of Slavic languages, according to Kassian and A. Dybo
- Idioma ruso.PNG
Map of all areas where the Russian language is the language spoken by the majority of the population.
- South Slavic dialect continuum.svg
South Slavic dialect continuum with major dialect groups
West Slavic dialect continuum with major dialect groups
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