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ISO 639-3 · chuchu
Indo-European family · extinct or historical language
Church Slavonic
Ⱄⰾⱁⰲⱑⱀⱐⱄⰽⱏ ⱗⰸⱏⰺⰽⱏ
Church Slavonic is an extinct or historical language of the South Slavic branch (Indo-European), spoken in Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro and Poland and 13 more countries. Wikidata describes it as “old Slavic language used in the liturgy of some branches of the Orthodox Church”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
chu- ISO 639-1
cu- Glottocode
chur1257- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Centre point
- 50.00, 30.00
- Wikipedia
- 61 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
17countries
4scripts
4levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Church Slavonic · Ⱄⰾⱁⰲⱑⱀⱐⱄⰽⱏ ⱗⰸⱏⰺⰽⱏ |
|---|---|
| Also called | Church Slavic, Church Slavic language, Old Slavonic, Old Slavic, Old Church Slavonic |
| All speakers | 0 |
| Written in | Glagolitic, Cyrillic, Latin script, Early Cyrillic alphabet |
| Kind | extinct or historical language |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Church Slavonic
The branches above Church Slavonic, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
414Indo-Europeanfamily31Balto-Slavicbranch23Slavicbranch10South SlavicbranchchuChurch Slavoniclanguage
where it is spoken
Countries
Bulgaria8 languages in the indexSerbia18 languages in the indexMontenegro9 languages in the indexPoland20 languages in the indexRussia139 languages in the indexBelarus7 languages in the indexUkraine23 languages in the indexCzech Republic9 languages in the indexNorth Macedonia11 languages in the indexCroatia17 languages in the indexRomania18 languages in the indexSlovenia7 languages in the indexBosnia and Herzegovina8 languages in the indexSlovakia10 languages in the indexLithuania11 languages in the indexMoldova9 languages in the indexYugoslavia2 languages in the index