East Slavic groups Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian, spoken primarily in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus and neighboring regions.
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RegionRussia, Ukraine and Belarus 1 Speaker CountNative speakers, combined; mid-2020s estimate. Proto-Language StatusDescends 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. 2 East Slavic
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Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Source Wikipedia: Belarusian Language
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Source Wikipedia: Ukrainian Language
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1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
2. Wikipedia: Proto-Slavic Language
WikipediaIntroductionQuote, Introduction
Proto-Slavic (abbreviated PSl., PS.; also called Common Slavic or Common Slavonic) is the unattested, reconstructed proto-language of all Slavic languages.
Wikipedia: Ukrainian Language
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Ukrainian, Infobox, Language familyQuote, Includes: Ukrainian, Infobox, Language family
Top family: Indo-European; immediate branch: East Slavic.
Wikipedia: Belarusian Language
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Belarusian, Infobox, Language familyQuote, Includes: Belarusian, Infobox, Language family
Top family: Indo-European; immediate branch: East Slavic languages.
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