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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesslave
Pronunciation / Transliteration: slave
"Le russe appartient à la famille des langues slaves."
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A branch of the Indo-European language family that includes Russian, Polish, Czech, and Serbo-Croatian.
"Linguists trace the evolution of Slavic languages from a common ancestral root."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Modern Latin 'Slavicus', based on 'Sclavi' (the medieval Latin name for Slavic peoples), ultimately stemming from their self-designation 'slovo' (word, speech), implying those who speak and understand each other as opposed to foreigners ('mute' or 'speechless'). The term entered English usage in the early 19th century to describe the ethnolinguistic group of peoples inhabiting Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Slavic" is said worldwide
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slave
Transliteration: slave
"Le russe appartient à la famille des langues slaves."
slawisch
Transliteration: slawisch
"Polnisch ist eine slawische Sprache."
slavo
Transliteration: slavo
"Il ceco è una lingua slava."
eslavo
Transliteration: eslavo
"El ruso pertenece al grupo de lenguas eslavas."
eslavo
Transliteration: eslavo
"O polonês é uma língua eslava."
स्लाव
Transliteration: slaav
"रूसी भाषा स्लाव भाषा परिवार से है।"
斯拉夫语
Transliteration: sīlāfū yǔ
"俄语属于斯拉夫语族。"
슬라브어
Transliteration: seullabeueo
"러시아어는 슬라브어족에 속한다."
スラブ語
Transliteration: suburabu-go
"ロシア語はスラブ語派に属しています。"
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