Langenesis

Indo-European family

Church Slavonic

1100 CE – today Classical

Church Slavonic (1100 CE – today) is a classical Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Slavic → Proto-South Slavic → Old Church Slavonic → Church Slavonic.

See Church Slavonic on the interactive map

Later recensions of Old Church Slavonic (Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian…) still used as a liturgical language by Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Slavicc. 200 BCE – 600 CE
  3. Proto-South Slavicc. 600 CE – 900 CE
  4. Old Church Slavonic862 CE – 1100 CE
  5. Church Slavonic1100 CE – today

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Old Church Slavonic.

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