The South Slavic languages are one of the three branches of the Slavic languages. They have approximately 30 million speakers, chiefly in the Balkans. They are commonly divided into eastern and wester
Prekmurje Slovene Lutheran New Testament, the Nouvi Zákon (1770s)
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
South Slavic languages
…one of the three branches of the Slavic languages. They have approximately 30 million speakers, chiefly in the Balkans. They are commonly divided into eastern and western subgroups, with Bulgarian and Macedonian in the former, and Serbo-Croatian and Slovene in the latter. South Slavic languages are separated…
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.