Proto-Slavic language

E74203

Indo-European language Slavic language proto-language reconstructed language

Proto-Slavic language is the reconstructed common ancestor of all modern Slavic languages, spoken by early Slavic peoples before their linguistic diversification.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Proto-Slavic	5
Proto Slavic	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-European language ⓘ Slavic language ⓘ proto-language ⓘ reconstructed language ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Common Slavic ⓘ Proto-Slavic language ⓘ surface form: Proto-Slavic
followedBy	Common Slavic dialects ⓘ Church Slavonic ⓘ surface form: Old Church Slavonic language
follows	Proto-Balto-Slavic language ⓘ
hasAncestor	Proto-Balto-Slavic language ⓘ Proto-Indo-European language ⓘ
hasDescendant	Belarusian language ⓘ Bosnian ⓘ surface form: Bosnian language Bulgarian language ⓘ Church Slavonic language ⓘ Croatian ⓘ surface form: Croatian language Czech language ⓘ Kashubian language ⓘ Macedonian language ⓘ Montenegrin language ⓘ Church Slavonic ⓘ surface form: Old Church Slavonic language Middle Czech ⓘ surface form: Old Czech language Old East Slavic language ⓘ Polish language ⓘ surface form: Old Polish language Polish language ⓘ Russian language ⓘ Serbian language ⓘ Silesian language ⓘ Slovak language ⓘ Slovene language ⓘ Sorbian languages ⓘ Ukrainian language ⓘ
hasFeature	aspectual opposition in verbs ⓘ grammatical gender ⓘ mobile accentuation ⓘ palatalization of consonants ⓘ rich inflectional morphology ⓘ satəm-type Indo-European phonology ⓘ seven-case nominal system ⓘ three grammatical numbers ⓘ
hasSubdivision	East Proto-Slavic dialects ⓘ South Proto-Slavic dialects ⓘ West Proto-Slavic dialects ⓘ
influenced	Old Church Slavonic language ⓘ
partOf	Balto-Slavic languages ⓘ surface form: Balto-Slavic branch
reconstructedBy	comparative method ⓘ
spokenBy	early Slavs ⓘ
spokenIn	Central Europe ⓘ Eastern Europe ⓘ parts of the Balkans ⓘ
studiedIn	Slavic linguistics ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf	Balto-Slavic languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
timePeriod	1st millennium CE ⓘ late Proto-Slavic around 6th–9th centuries CE ⓘ
writingSystem	no native writing system ⓘ