Slavonic
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English[edit]
Countries where an East Slavic language is the national language
Countries where a South Slavic language is the national language
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin Slavonicus, Sclavonicus, from Slavonia, Sclavonia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Slavonic
- (dated) A branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into three subbranches:
- South Slavonic (including Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, etc.)
- East Slavonic (including Ukrainian, Russian, etc.), and
- West Slavonic (including Polish, Czech, Slovak, etc.)
- (dated) The unrecorded ancient language from which all of these languages developed.
Synonyms[edit]
- (a branch of Indo-European languages):
- (hypothesized mother tongue of Slavic languages):
- Proto-Slavic
- Old Slavonic
- Common Slavic, Common Slavonic (proscribed)
Translations[edit]
unrecorded ancestor of Slavic languages
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Further reading[edit]
Adjective[edit]
Slavonic (not comparable)
- Of, denoting, or relating to the people who speak these languages.
- Synonym: Slavic
- Of, denoting, or relating to Slavonia and its inhabitants.
- Synonym: Slavic
Translations[edit]
Slavic — see Slavic