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wikipedia|Slavic languages

[[Image:Slavic_europe.png|thumb|275px|right|
Legend|#7cdc87|Countries where a West Slavic language is the national language
Legend|#008000|Countries where an East Slavic language is the national language
Legend|#004040|Countries where a South Slavic language is the national language]]

Etymology
From ML. Slavonicus, Sclavonicus, from Slavonia.

Noun
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1. A branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into three subbranches:

#*South Slavonic (including Old Church Slavonic, Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian, etc.)
#*East Slavonic (including Ukrainian, Russian, etc.), and
#*West Slavonic (including Polish, Czech, Slovak, etc.)

1. The unrecorded ancient language from which all of these languages developed.

Adjective
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1. Of, denoting, or relating to the people who speak these languages.
2. Of, denoting, or relating to Slavonia and its inhabitants.

Synonyms
Slavic

References
"Collins Dictionary".

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