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Church Slavonic

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Church Slavonic
Church Slavic
Црькъвьнословѣ́ньскъ ѩꙁꙑ́къ
Церковнославѧ́нскїй ѧ҆зы́къ
ⱌⱃⰽⰲⰰⱀⱁⱄⰾⱁⰲⱑⱀⱄⰽⱜ ⰵⰸⰻⰽⱜ
ⱌⰹⱃⱏⰽⱏⰲⱏⱀⱁⱄⰾⱁⰲⱑⱀⱐⱄⰽⱏⰹ ⱗⰸⱏⰻⰽⱏ
Image
Page from the Spiridon Psalter in Church Slavonic
RegionEastern and Southeast Europe
Native speakers
None
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
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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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