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   Where are Slavic languages spoken?

   • Slavic languages, group of Indo-European languages spoken in most of eastern Europe, much of the Balkans, parts of central Europe, and the northern part of Asia. The Slavic languages, spoken by some 315 million people at the turn of the 21st century, are most closely related to the languages of the Baltic group.

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   What language is spoken in Latvia?

   • Latvian language, East Baltic language spoken primarily in Latvia, where it has been the official language since 1918. It belongs to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family of languages. ( See Baltic languages .) In the late 20th century Latvian was spoken by about 1.5 million people.

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   What is Lithuanian language?

   • Lithuanian language, East Baltic language most closely related to Latvian; it is spoken primarily in Lithuania, where it has been the official language since 1918. It is the most archaic Indo-European language still spoken. A Lithuanian literary language has been in existence since the 16th

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   Which Slavic language has a dual number?

   • Among modern Slavic languages, only Slovene continues to have a dual number in the standard variety. Today, Indo-European languages are spoken by billions of native speakers across all inhabited continents, the largest number by far for any recognised language family.

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2. www.britannica.com › topic › Slavic-languagesSlavic languages | List, Definition, Origin, Map, Tree ...

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   5 days ago · The Slavic languages, spoken by some 315 million people at the turn of the 21st century, are most closely related to the languages of the Baltic group (Lithuanian, Latvian, and the now-extinct Old Prussian), but they share certain linguistic innovations with the other eastern Indo-European language groups (such as Indo-Iranian and Armenian) as ...

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     West Slavic Polish and other Lekhitic languages. To the West...

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Indo-European_languagesIndo-European languages - Wikipedia

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   2 days ago · The Indo-European family is divided into several branches or sub-families, of which there are eight groups with languages still alive today: Albanian, Armenian, Balto-Slavic, Celtic, Germanic, Hellenic, Indo-Iranian, and Italic; another nine subdivisions are now extinct.

   • Notes: † indicates this branch of the language family is extinct
   • Proto-language: Proto-Indo-European

   • Linguistic classification: One of the world's primary language families

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   2 days ago · The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people [nb 1] mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania and Southern Africa. The most widely spoken Germanic language, English, is also the world's most widely spoken language with an estimated 2 billion speakers.

   • Linguasphere: 52- (phylozone)
   • Proto-language: Proto-Germanic

   • Linguistic classification: Indo-EuropeanGermanic

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   3 days ago · The contact between different peoples and languages, especially as a result of European colonization, also gave origin to the many pidgins, creoles and mixed languages that are mainly based in Indo-European languages (many of which are spoken in island groups and coastal regions).

7. researchguides.uoregon.edu › slavic-languagesResources For Studying Slavic Languages - University of Oregon

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   May 1, 2024 · Slavic languages are presently divided into three main branches: East Slavic languages (Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian), South Slavic languages (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, Serbian, and Slovenian), and West Slavic languages (Czech, Polish, and Slovak).

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   May 11, 2024 · Lithuanian language, East Baltic language most closely related to Latvian; it is spoken primarily in Lithuania, where it has been the official language since 1918. It is the most archaic Indo-European language still spoken.