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Preferred term

chuOld Slavonic  

Type

  • language

Definition

  • Old Church Slavonic or Old Church Slavic (OCS) (, slověnĭskŭ językŭ) was the first literary Slavic language, developed by the 9th century Byzantine Greek missionaries Saints Cyril and Methodius who were credited with standardizing the language and using it for translating the Bible and other Ancient Greek ecclesiastical texts as part of the Christianisation of the Slavic peoples. It played an important role in the history of the Slavic languages and served as a basis and model for later Church Slavonic traditions, and some Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches use Church Slavonic as a liturgical language to this day.

Entry terms

  • Bulgarian, Old
  • Church Slavic
  • Church Slavonic
  • Old Bulgarian
  • Old Church Slavonic
  • Slavic, Church
  • Slavonic, Church
  • Slavonic, Old
  • Slavonic, Old Church

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • chu

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • chu

ISO 639-1 code

  • cu

ISO 639-3 code

  • chu

In other languages

  • Kerkslawies

    Afrikaans

  • Ou Kerkslawies
  • سلافية كنسية

    Arabic

  • kilsə slav dili

    Azerbaijani

  • চার্চ স্লাভিও

    Bangla

  • চার্চ স্লাভিক
  • Иҫке славян теле

    Bashkir

  • चर्च स्लाविक्

    Bodo

  • staroslovenski

    Bosnian

  • Staroslavenski jezik
  • slavoneg iliz

    Breton

  • църковно славянски

    Bulgarian

  • Старобългарски език
  • Antic eslau

    Catalan

  • eslau eclesiàstic
  • 古教會斯拉夫語

    Chinese

  • Словѣньскъ ѩꙁꙑкъ

    Church Slavic

  • Ватă славян чĕлхи

    Chuvash

  • crkvenoslavenski

    Croatian

  • Staroslavenski jezik
  • staroslověnština

    Czech

  • Staroslověnština
  • kirkeslavisk

    Danish

  • Oldkirkeslavisk
  • Kerkslavisch

    Dutch

  • Oudkerkslavisch
  • Malnovslava lingvo

    Esperanto

  • kirikuslaavi

    Estonian

  • Finnish

  • Muinaiskirkkoslaavi
  • Vieux-slave

    French

  • slavon d'église
  • slavon d’église
  • sclâf de glesie

    Friulian

  • eslavo eclesiástico

    Galician

  • საეკლესიო სლავური

    Georgian

  • ძველი სლავური ენა
  • Kirchenslawisch

    German

  • Altkirchenslawische Sprache
  • Εκκλησιαστικά Σλαβικά

    Greek

  • Αρχαία εκκλησιαστική σλαβονική γλώσσα
  • ચર્ચ સ્લાવિક

    Gujarati

  • סלאבית כנסייתית עתיקה

    Hebrew

  • चर्च साल्विक

    Hindi

  • egyházi szláv

    Hungarian

  • Óegyházi szláv nyelv
  • kirkjuslavneska

    Icelandic

  • Bahasa Gereja Slavonia

    Indonesian

  • Bahasa Gereja Slavonia Lama
  • Slavais na hEaglaise

    Irish

  • slavo della Chiesa

    Italian

  • Antico slavo ecclesiastico
  • 教会スラブ語

    Japanese

  • 古代教会スラヴ語
  • ಚರ್ಚ್ ಸ್ಲಾವಿಕ್

    Kannada

  • چٔرچ سلاوِک

    Kashmiri

  • Шіркеу славян тілі

    Kazakh

  • Важ славян кыв

    Komi

  • 교회 슬라브어

    Korean

  • ໂບດສລາວິກ

    Lao

  • Lingua Slavonica antiqua

    Latin

  • baznīcslāvu

    Latvian

  • Baznīcslāvu valoda
  • bažnytinė slavų

    Lithuanian

  • Senoji bažnytinė slavų kalba
  • Staro-cerkwjejno-słowjańska rěc

    Lower Sorbian

  • Alslawesch Sprooch

    Luxembourgish

  • црковнословенски

    Macedonian

  • Старословенски јазик
  • ചർച്ച് സ്ലാവിക്

    Malayalam

  • Slaviku tal-Knisja

    Maltese

  • चर्च स्लाव्हिक

    Marathi

  • Gammelkirkeslavisk

    Norwegian

  • kirkeslavisk

    Norwegian Bokmål

  • kyrkjeslavisk

    Norwegian Nynorsk

  • Eslavon

    Occitan

  • ଚର୍ଚ୍ଚ ସ୍ଲାଭିକ୍

    Odia

  • اسلاوی کلیسایی

    Persian

  • Lenga antich slav ëd Gesia

    Piedmontese

  • staro-cerkiewno-słowiański

    Polish

  • Język staro-cerkiewno-słowiański
  • eslavo eclesiástico

    Portuguese

  • Antigo eslavo eclesiástico
  • slavonă

    Romanian

  • slav da baselgia

    Romansh

  • церковнославянский

    Russian

  • Старославянский язык
  • Старославяньскый язык

    Rusyn

  • Staroslovenski

    Serbian

  • Staroslavenski jezik

    Serbo-Croatian

  • Staroslovienčina

    Slovak

  • cirkevná slovančina
  • stara cerkvena slovanščina

    Slovenian

  • Stara cerkvena slovanščina
  • eslavo eclesiástico

    Spanish

  • Antiguo eslavo eclesiástico
  • Swedish

  • Fornkyrkoslaviska
  • Chileslawisch

    Swiss German

  • சர்ச் ஸ்லாவிக்

    Tamil

  • பண்டைய மசிதோனிய மொழி
  • చర్చ స్లావిక్

    Telugu

  • เชอร์ชสลาวิก

    Thai

  • ภาษาโบสถ์สลาโวนิกโบราณ
  • Kilise Slavcası

    Turkish

  • церковнослов’янська

    Ukrainian

  • Староцерковнослов'янська мова
  • Tiếng Slavơ Nhà thờ

    Vietnamese

  • Hen Slafoneg

    Welsh

  • Hen Slafoneg Eglwysig

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/chu

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