Church Slavonic is a Slavic language belonging to the South-Slavic linguistic sub-branch of Balto-Slavic languages, in the Indo-European family. It is used, both historically and in the modern era, as
Page from the Spiridon Psalter in Church Slavonic
The Miroslav's Gospel from the late 12th century, written in Serbian recension
The Eastern South Slavic dialects form the eastern subgroup of the South Slavic languages. They are spoken mostly in Bulgaria and North Macedonia, and adjacent areas in the neighbouring countries. The
Church Slavonic
…Psalter in Church Slavonic Region Eastern and Southeast Europe Native speakers None Language family Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic South Slavic Eastern South Slavic Church Slavonic Early form Old Church Slavonic Writing system Glagolitic alphabet Cyrillic alphabet Language codes ISO 639-1 cu ISO 639-2 chu ISO 639-3…
Front cover of the first grammar book of the modern Bulgarian language published by Neofit Rilski in 1835. Rilski was born in Bansko, easternmost Ottoman Macedonia, a town lying exactly on the Yat border. His grammar was based on the dialect of his hometown and included significant admixture from Church Slavonic.
The first complete edition of the Bible in modern Bulgarian, translated by Petko Slaveykov and printed in Istanbul in 1871. The Bible was published primarily in the Eastern dialect. Slaveykov was from Veliko Tarnovo, but his family hailed from Bansko or Yakoruda in Pirin Macedonia.
Front cover of On the Macedonian Matters published in 1903 by Krste Misirkov, in which he laid down the principles of modern Macedonian. Misirkov came from the village of Postol in Ottoman Central Macedonia.
Decision about the proclamation of the Macedonian as an official language on 2 August 1944 by ASNOM.