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Definition of Slavic language

1. Noun. A branch of the Indo-European family of languages.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slavic Language

Literary usage of Slavic language

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The modern Bulgarian is phonetically very close to the Church Slavic, but grammatically it has departed from it more than any other Slavic language. ..."

2. Handbook of Universal Literature from the Best and Latest Authorities by Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta (1888)
"... Old or Church Slavic language; St. Cyril's Bible ; the Pr.-i.vda Russkaya ... Slavic language ..."

3. Historical View of the Language and Literature of the Slavic Nations: With a by Talvj, Edward Robinson (1850)
"Of three sisters," he observes, " one kept faithful to her mother tongue—the Slavic language ; the second gave to that common heritage the highest ..."

4. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"... Slavic language exhibits a remarkable similarity to Sanscrit, but has become European, so to speak, in the course of & long literary development, ..."

5. Who are the Slavs?: A Contribution to Race Psychology by Paul Rankov Radosavljevich (1919)
"... of different dialects of the Slavic language: Old Church Slavic language The oldest language of the Slavic group is Paleo or Old Church Slavic. ..."

6. Register by University of California, Berkeley, California, University (1921)
"Students who begin work in the upper division with at least 6 units of credit in a Slavic language, may take not more than 9 units of their work for the ..."

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