Slavic language

/ˌslɑvɪk ˌlæŋgwɪdʒ/

Other forms: Slavic languages

Definitions of Slavic language

1. noun

   a branch of the Indo-European family of languages
   synonyms: Slavic, Slavonic, Slavonic language

   types:

   Church Slavic, Old Bulgarian, Old Church Slavic, Old Church Slavonic

   the Slavic language into which the Bible was translated in the 9th century

   Russian

   the Slavic language that is the official language of Russia

   Belarusian, Byelorussian, White Russian

   the Slavic language spoken in Belarus

   Ukrainian

   the Slavic language spoken in the Ukraine

   Polish

   the Slavic language of Poland

   Slovak

   the Slavic language spoken in Slovakia

   Czech

   the Slavic language of Czechs

   Slovene

   the Slavic language of Slovenes

   Serbo-Croat, Serbo-Croatian

   the Slavic language of the Serbs and Croats; the Serbian dialect is usually written in the Cyrillic alphabet and the Croatian dialect is usually written in the Roman alphabet

   Lusatian, Sorbian

   a Slavonic language spoken in rural area of southeastern Germany

   Macedonian

   the Slavic language of modern Macedonia

   Bulgarian

   a Slavic language spoken in Bulgaria

   type of:

   Balto-Slavic, Balto-Slavic language, Balto-Slavonic

   a family of Indo-European languages including the Slavic and Baltic languages