Slavic Explained

Slavic, Slav or Slavonic may refer to:

Peoples

• Slavic peoples, an ethno-linguistic group living in Europe and Asia
  • East Slavic peoples, eastern group of Slavic peoples
  • South Slavic peoples, southern group of Slavic peoples
  • West Slavic peoples, western group of Slavic peoples
• Anti-Slavic sentiment, negative attitude towards Slavic peoples
• Pan-Slavic movement, movement in favor of Slavic cooperation and unity
• Slavic studies, a multidisciplinary field of studies focused on history and culture of Slavic peoples

Languages, alphabets, and names

• Slavic languages, a group of closely related Indo-European languages
  • Proto-Slavic language, reconstructed proto-language of all Slavic languages
  • Old Church Slavonic, 9th century Slavic literary language, used for the purpose of evangelizing the Slavic peoples
  • Church Slavonic, a written and spoken variant of Old Church Slavonic, standardized and widely adopted by Slavs in the Middle Ages, which became a liturgical language in many Eastern Orthodox churches
  • Pan-Slavic language, artificially created languages intended to serve as a lingua franca for all Slavic peoples
  • East Slavic languages, modern languages of East Slavic peoples
  • South Slavic languages, modern languages of South Slavic peoples
  • West Slavic languages, modern languages of West Slavic peoples
• Slavic names, names originating from the Slavic languages

Mythology and faith

• Slavic mythology, the mythological aspect of the polytheistic religion that was practised by the Slavs before Christianisation
  • Slavic dragon, mythological creature in ancient Slavic culture
• Slavic Native Faith, modern form of ancient Slavic polytheism

Places

• Slav (village), a former Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip

Other

• Slav Defense, a chess opening
• Slavic calendar, traditional Slavic calendar

See also

• Slavonian (disambiguation)
• Slavyansky (disambiguation)