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** [[Serbian language|Serbian]] (part of the [[Serbo-Croatian]] diasystem)
** [[Serbian language|Serbian]] (part of the [[Serbo-Croatian]] diasystem)
** [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]
** [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]
** [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]] ([[Old Church Slavonic]] is an archaic variety of Macedonian).
** [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]] (closely connected with Bulgarian; [[Old Church Slavonic]] is an archaic variety of Macedonian).


Slavic languages are written either in the [[Latin alphabet]] or in the [[Cyrillic alphabet]]. Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Macedonian use the Cyrillic script. Serbian and Belarussian use the Cyrillic or the Latin script. The other languages use the latin script.
Slavic languages are written either in the [[Latin alphabet]] or in the [[Cyrillic alphabet]]. Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Macedonian use the Cyrillic script. Serbian and Belarussian use the Cyrillic or the Latin script. The other languages use the latin script.

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The Slavic or Slavonic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family, spoken in eastern Europe and Siberia. They are closely connected with the Baltic languages in the Balto-Slavic group.

The usual classification is the following.

Slavic languages are written either in the Latin alphabet or in the Cyrillic alphabet. Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Macedonian use the Cyrillic script. Serbian and Belarussian use the Cyrillic or the Latin script. The other languages use the latin script.