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East Slavic

Eurasian Language Families

East Slavic groups Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian, spoken primarily in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus and neighboring regions.

Facts
Region
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus 2
Speaker Count
225,000,000 2
Native speakers, combined; mid-2020s estimate.
Proto-Language Status
Descends from Proto-Slavic, an unattested, reconstructed proto-language; overall Slavic linguistic unity and mutual intelligibility persisted into the tenth century or later before the East, West and South branches fully diverged. 3
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Classification Confidence
Established 1
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Number of Languages
5 1
Connections

Descends From

Slavic, Language Families
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

Includes

Belarusian, Languages
Source Wikipedia: Belarusian Language
Russian, Languages
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Ukrainian, Languages
Source Wikipedia: Ukrainian Language
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Includes

Church Slavonic (Russian Recension)

Also in Divinity Atlas: included in this subject.

Russian

Also in Divinity Atlas: included in this subject.

Found In

Asia

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Europe

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Sources
1. Glottolog: East Slavic (languoid record)
Glottolog
  • Languoid record: child_language_count
    "child_language_count": 5
  • Languoid record: level and category
    "level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
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2. Encyclopaedia Britannica
  • Region: Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
  • Speaker Count: 225,000,000
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3. Wikipedia: Proto-Slavic Language
WikipediaIntroduction
Quote, Introduction
Proto-Slavic (abbreviated PSl., PS.; also called Common Slavic or Common Slavonic) is the unattested, reconstructed proto-language of all Slavic languages.
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Wikidata: East Slavic
Wikidata Q144713, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikipedia: Ukrainian Language
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Ukrainian, Infobox, Language family
Quote, Includes: Ukrainian, Infobox, Language family
Top family: Indo-European; immediate branch: East Slavic.
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Wikipedia: Belarusian Language
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Belarusian, Infobox, Language family
Quote, Includes: Belarusian, Infobox, Language family
Top family: Indo-European; immediate branch: East Slavic languages.
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