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South Slavic languages - Definition and Overview

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South Slavic languages is one of the three groups of Slavic languages (besides West and East Slavic). There are around 30 million speakers of these languages, mainly in the Balkans. The South Slavic languages are further subdivided into Eastern and Western groups.

Classification of South Slavic languages:

Indo-European languages
Slavic languages (ca. 317 million speakers)
South Slavic languages (ca. 30 million)
Eastern group:
Bulgarian (ca. 9 million)
Macedonian (ca. 2 million)
Old Church Slavonic (ancient language used in traditional liturgy and religious texts)
Western group:
Slovene (ca. 2 million)
Serbo-Croatian (ca. 17 million)
Bosnian (ca. 2 million)
Croatian (ca. 5 million)
Serbian (ca. 10 million)

Example Usage of languages

brenda_px5m3b: NFL Forum :: - Spoken languages http://tinyurl.com/ykb8byo
Lkeylon: Aaand I just watched the Freakazoid opening in 5 different languages. o_o; I... Have no life. T.T
mrsexyhair: @joonger i only had one honor listed. it was "special achievement in world languages (spanish)" i dont think it's big though
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