Langenesis

Indo-European family

Old Church Slavonic

862 CE – 1100 CE Classical

Old Church Slavonic (862 CE – 1100 CE) is a classical Indo-European language. It has 4 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Slavic → Proto-South Slavic → Old Church Slavonic.

See Old Church Slavonic on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
chu
Glottocode
chur1257

First Slavic literary language, standardised by Cyril and Methodius from the South Slavic dialect of Thessaloniki. Also called Old Bulgarian. Glottolog and ISO codes cover Church Slavonic generally.

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

Descendants 3

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Proto-South Slavic.

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