Indo-European (Slavic)

10 languages

Russian

Indo-European258 millionCyrillic

The most geographically widespread language in Eurasia. The Cyrillic alphabet was created by discipl...

Polish

Indo-European45 millionLatin

Known for its difficult consonant clusters like szcz and prz. Has 7 cases. Uses Latin script with un...

Ukrainian

Indo-European40 millionCyrillic

The second most spoken Slavic language. Uses a version of Cyrillic with unique letters. Has experien...

Czech

Indo-European10.7 millionLatin

Known for the letter r with a hacek, a sound unique to Czech. Has 7 cases. Uses Latin script with nu...

Serbian

Indo-European12 millionCyrillic/Latin

Unique in Europe for equal official use of two scripts. The Cyrillic and Latin alphabets match lette...

Croatian

Indo-European7 millionLatin

The official language of Croatia. Its Latin alphabet gained special Slavic letters in the 1830s. Mut...

Slovenian

Indo-European2.5 millionLatin

Among the most archaic Slavic languages. Keeps the dual number, special forms for exactly two things...

Bulgarian

Indo-European8 millionCyrillic

The first Slavic language with written records, from the 9th century. The Cyrillic alphabet took sha...

Slovak

Indo-European5 millionLatin

The official language of Slovakia. Closely related to Czech and widely mutually intelligible with it...

Belarusian

Indo-European7 millionCyrillic

An official language of Belarus alongside Russian. Contains a vowel letter missing from Russian Cyri...