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Key to these peoples and cultures are the Slavic languages: Russian, Ukrainian, and Belorussian to the east; Polish, Czech, and Slovak to the west; and Slovenian, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Macedonian, and Bulgarian to the south.
Mar 30, 2019 · Sources mostly agree that there are 20 living Slavic languages. In alphabetical order, they are Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Church Slavonic, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Polish, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, Silesian, Slavomolisano, Slovak, Slovene, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
The East Slavic languages constitute one of three regional subgroups of the Slavic languages, distinct from the West and South Slavic languages. East Slavic languages are currently spoken natively throughout Eastern Europe, and eastwards to Siberia and the Russian Far East.
All Slavic languages are synthetic, expressing grammatical meaning through the use of affixes (suffixes and, in verbal forms, also prefixes), vowel alternations partly inherited from Indo-European, and consonant alternations resulting from linguistic processes peculiar to Slavic alone.
Below is the article summary. For the full article, see Slavic languages . Distribution of the Slavic languages in Europe. Slavic languages, or Slavonic languages, Branch of the Indo-European language family spoken by more than 315 million people in central and eastern Europe and northern Asia.
Discover the unique characteristics, cultural significance, and historical context of East, West, and South Slavic languages, including Russian, Polish, Czech, Bulgarian, and Serbian. Dive into the world of linguistic diversity and cultural heritage with our in-depth exploration of 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, the Balkans and North Asia.
