how old are the Slavic languages and how did they evolve?

Skeptical   Tue Nov 28, 2006 1:06 pm GMT
JakubikF,
I was talking about Western Europe and specifically referring the the countries by the Atlantic. I´ll take a look at the influence of the vikings in Eastern Europe. I am aware of the viking influence in Kiev and of the probably viking origin of the name Russ... I really can´t discuss this since my knowledge of that area is limited. Cheers! English is not a my first language, either.
Peter   Mon Dec 25, 2006 1:26 pm GMT
amazing stuff,slavic is one of the oldest languages of Eurasia
Guest   Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:23 pm GMT
I agree
Tim   Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:36 pm GMT
Every language is very old,not only slavic ones.
Guest   Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:46 pm GMT
Old Church Slavonic (Old Bulgarian, Old Macedonian, and Old Slavic) is the first literary Slavic language, developed from the Slavic dialect of Thessaloniki (Solun) by the 9th century Byzantine missionaries, Saints Cyril and Methodius. It was used by them for translation of the Bible and other texts from Greek and for some of their own writings. It played a great role in the history of Slavic languages and evolved into Church Slavic, which is still used as a liturgical language by some Orthodox and Catholic Churches of the Slavic people.

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