Ukrainian languageEast Slavic languageUkrainian (українська мова, ukrainska mova, IPA:) is an East Slavic language, spoken primarily in Ukraine. It is the first (native) language of a large majority of Ukrainians. Written Ukrainian uses the Ukrainian alphabet, a variant of the Cyrillic script. The standard language is studied by the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Potebnia Institute of Linguistics.
Serbo-CroatianSouth Slavic language Serbo-CroatianBosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbiansrpskohrvatski / српскохрватскиPronunciation[sr̩pskoxř̩ʋaːtskiː]Native toSerbiaCroatiaBosnia and HerzegovinaMontenegroKosovoEthnicitySerbsCroatsBosniaksMontenegrinsNative speakers17 million (2020–2023)Language familyIndo-European Balto-SlavicSlavicSouth SlavicWestern South SlavicSerbo-CroatianStandard forms Bosnian Croatian Montenegrin Serbian Writing system Latin (Gaj's) Cyrillic (Serbian) Yugoslav Braille Formerly: Glagolitic Arabic (Arebica) Cyrillic (Bosančica) Official statusOfficial language in Serbia (as Serbian) Croatia (as Croatian) Bosnia and Herzegovina (as Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian) Montenegro (as Montenegrin) Kosovo (as Serbian) European Union (as Croatian) Recognised minoritylanguage in North Macedonia Hungary Italy Romania Czech Republic Slovakia Regulated by Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language (Serbian) Institute of Croatian Language (Croatian) Language Institute of the University of Sarajevo (Bosnian) Faculty of Montenegrin Language and Literature (Montenegrin) Language codesISO 639-1sh (deprecated)ISO 639-3hbs – inclusive codeIndividual codes:bos – Bosniancnr – Montenegrinhrv – Croatiansrp – SerbianGlottologsout1528 Serbian-Croatian-BosnianLinguasphere53-AAA-gIETFsh Areas where Serbo-Croatian is spoken by a plurality of inhabitants (as of 2005)[needs update]This article contains IPA phonetic symbols.
Old Church SlavonicMedieval Slavic literary languageOld Church Slavonic (OCS) or Old Slavonic ( ) is the first Slavicliterary language and the oldest extant written Slavonic language attested in literary sources. It belongs to the Eastern South Slavic subgroup of the South Slavic branch of the Slavic language family and is the ancestor of Church Slavonic, which remains the liturgical language of many Christian Orthodox churches.
Proto-Slavic languageProto-Slavic (abbreviated PSl., PS.; also called Common Slavic or Common Slavonic) is the unattested, reconstructedproto-language of all Slavic languages. It represents Slavic speech approximately from the 2nd millennium BC through the 6th century AD.
Near-open front unrounded vowelIPA: Vowelsaudiofull chartLegend: unrounded • roundedThe near-open front unrounded vowel, or near-low front unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨æ⟩, a lowercase of the ⟨Æ⟩ligature. Both the symbol and the sound are commonly referred to as "ash".
Bulgarian languageBulgarian is an Eastern South Slavic language spoken in Southeast Europe, primarily in Bulgaria. It is the language of the Bulgarians. Along with the closely related Macedonian language (collectively forming Macedo-Bulgarian), it is a member of the Balkan sprachbund and South Slavic dialect continuum of the Indo-European language family.
Iotated AIotated A (Ꙗ, ꙗ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, built as a ligature of the letters І and А, and used today only in Church Slavonic. It is unusual among early Cyrillic letters in having no direct counterpart in Glagolitic: Ⱑ (jat’) is used for both /ě/ and /ja/.
Open-mid front unrounded vowelThe open-mid front unrounded vowel, or low-mid front unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is the Latin epsilon, a Latinized variant of the Greek lowercase epsilon, ⟨ɛ⟩.
Dotted I (Cyrillic)Ι ιІ іTransliterationsI iOtherAssociated numbers10 (Cyrillic numerals)This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see . For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.The dotted і (І і; italics: І і), also called decimal i (after its former numeric value) or soft-dotted i, is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
ThessalonikiSecond-largest city in GreeceCity in Macedonia, GreeceThessaloniki (; Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη; also known by various spellings and names) is the capital and largest city of the administrative region of Central Macedonia, and the second-largest city in Greece.
Early Cyrillic alphabetWriting system developed in 9th century Bulgaria
Glagolitic scriptOldest known Slavic alphabetA page from the Zograf Codex with text of the Gospel of LukeThe Glagolitic script ( ; ⰳⰾⰰⰳⱁⰾⰻⱌⰰ, glagolitsa) is the oldest-known Slavic alphabet. It is generally agreed that it was created in the 9th century for the purpose of translating Greek liturgical texts into Old Church Slavonic by Cyril, a Christian monk from Thessalonica. He and his brother Methodius were sent by the Byzantine Emperor to Great Moravia as missionaries.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.