Church Slavonic

Church Slavonic
Church Slavic
Црькъвьнословѣ́ньскъ ѩꙁꙑ́къ
Церковнославѧ́нскїй ѧ҆зы́къ
ⱌⱃⰽⰲⰰⱀⱁⱄⰾⱁⰲⱑⱀⱄⰽⱜ ⰵⰸⰻⰽⱜ
ⱌⰹⱃⱏⰽⱏⰲⱏⱀⱁⱄⰾⱁⰲⱑⱀⱐⱄⰽⱏⰹ ⱗⰸⱏⰻⰽⱏ
Page from the Spiridon Psalter in Church Slavonic
RegionEastern and Southeast Europe
Native speakers
None
Indo-European
Early form
Glagolitic alphabet
Cyrillic alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1cu
ISO 639-2chu
ISO 639-3chu (includes Old Church Slavonic)
Glottologchur1257  Church Slavic
Linguasphere53-AAA-a

Church Slavonic is a Slavic language that belongs to the South Slavic language group of the Indo-European family. It is used as a liturgical language by various Eastern Christian denominations. It came from Old Church Slavonic (9th-10th centuries).

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