Slavic languages
The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages) are the largest language family of the Indo-European group. Slavic languages and dialects are spoken in Central Europe, Eastern Europe, the Balkans 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 |
 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
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Balto-Slavic language tree.[source?]
Ethnographic Map of Slavic and Baltic Languages
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
Baška tablet, 11th century, Krk, Croatia.
14th-century Novgorodian children were literate enough to send each other letters written on birch bark.
10th–11th century Codex Zographensis, canonical monument of Old Church Slavonic (written in Glagolitic script)
Map and tree of Slavic languages, according to Kassian and A. Dybo
Linguistic maps of Slavic languages
Map of all areas where the Russian language is the language spoken by the majority of the population.
