Old Church Slavonic

Old Church Slavonic
Old Church Slavonic
Old Church Slavic
ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ ⰧⰈⰟⰊⰍⰟ; словѣ́ньскъ ѩꙁꙑ́къ; slověnĭskŭ językŭ
Native to	formerly in Slavic areas, under the influence of Byzantium (both Catholic and Orthodox)
Region	Central Europe; Eastern Europe; Southeastern Europe;
Era	9th–11th centuries; then evolved into several variants of Church Slavonic
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic South Eastern Old Church Slavonic; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Glagolitic, Cyrillic
Language codes
ISO 639-1	cu
ISO 639-2	chu
ISO 639-3	chu ISO 639 codes for:; Church Slavonic; Church Slavic; Old Church Slavonic; Old Slavonic; Old Bulgarian;
Glottolog	chur1257 Church Slavic
Linguasphere	53-AAA-a
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Old Church Slavonic is the language of some Eastern Orthodox churches. It was the first Slavic language for writing literature. It was made by the brothers Saints Cyril and Methodius in the 9th century.

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