Old East Slavic

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East Slavic language Indo-European language Slavic language historical language

Old East Slavic was the medieval East Slavic language spoken in Kievan Rus', from which the modern Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian languages developed.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Old Belarusian	1
Ruthenian (Chancery Slavonic)	1
Ruthenian (Old Belarusian / Old Ukrainian)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	East Slavic language ⓘ Indo-European language ⓘ Slavic language ⓘ historical language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Church Slavonic ⓘ surface form: Old Church Slavonic
developedInto	Belarusian ⓘ Russian ⓘ Ukrainian ⓘ
era	Middle Ages ⓘ
hasAncestor	Common Slavic ⓘ Proto-Slavic language ⓘ surface form: Proto-Slavic
hasDescendant	Old Belarusian ⓘ Old Russian ⓘ Old Ukrainian ⓘ
hasFeature	aspectual verb system ⓘ dual number (partially preserved) ⓘ grammatical gender ⓘ rich case system ⓘ
languageFamily	East Slavic languages ⓘ surface form: East Slavic Indo-European ⓘ Slavic ⓘ
notableWork	Rus' chronicles ⓘ surface form: Primary Chronicle
partOf	Balto-Slavic languages ⓘ surface form: Balto-Slavic branch East Slavic branch ⓘ
region	East Slavic lands ⓘ Eastern Europe ⓘ
spokenIn	Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia ⓘ surface form: Grand Duchy of Galicia–Volhynia Grand Duchy of Vladimir ⓘ surface form: Grand Duchy of Vladimir-Suzdal Kyivan Rus ⓘ surface form: Kievan Rus' Novgorod Republic ⓘ
status	extinct language ⓘ
subclassOf	Old Russian language ⓘ medieval language ⓘ vernacular language ⓘ
timePeriod	10th century ⓘ 11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ 14th century ⓘ 15th century ⓘ
usedAs	administrative language ⓘ chancery language ⓘ literary language ⓘ
usedIn	chronicles ⓘ legal documents ⓘ literary works ⓘ religious texts ⓘ
writingSystem	Cyrillic script ⓘ Glagolitic script ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rusyn language → developedFrom → Old East Slavic ⓘ

Ukrainian language → hasAncestor → Old East Slavic ⓘ

Yurievichi → hasLanguage → Old East Slavic ⓘ

Poland-Lithuania in the early modern period → hasMajorLanguage → Old East Slavic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruthenian (Old Belarusian / Old Ukrainian)

Poland-Lithuania in the early modern period → hasOfficialLanguage → Old East Slavic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruthenian (Chancery Slavonic)

Russian language → historicalAncestor → Old East Slavic ⓘ

Belarusians → historicalLanguage → Old East Slavic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Belarusian

Slavic languages → includeLanguage → Old East Slavic ⓘ

Grand Duchy of Vladimir → language → Old East Slavic ⓘ

Novgorod Republic → language → Old East Slavic ⓘ

Olgovichi → language → Old East Slavic ⓘ

Rus' chronicles → language → Old East Slavic ⓘ

Novgorod → languageHistorical → Old East Slavic ⓘ

Igor of Kiev → languageOfEnvironment → Old East Slavic ⓘ

Danylo of Halych → languageOfWorkOrName → Old East Slavic ⓘ

Leo I of Galicia → languageOfWorkOrName → Old East Slavic ⓘ

Alexander Nevsky → languageSpoken → Old East Slavic ⓘ

Rurik dynasty → languageUsed → Old East Slavic ⓘ

Vsevolod I of Kiev → nativeLanguage → Old East Slavic ⓘ

Kyivan Rus → officialLanguage → Old East Slavic ⓘ