Eastern South Slavic

Eastern South Slavic
Eastern South Slavic
Geographic; distribution	Central and Eastern Balkans
Linguistic classification	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic South Slavic Eastern South Slavic; ; ; ;
Subdivisions	Bulgarian dialects; Macedonian dialects; Torlakian dialect (?); New Church Slavonic; † Old Church Slavonic;
Glottolog	east2269

The Eastern South Slavic dialects form the eastern subgroup of the South Slavic languages. They are spoken mostly in Bulgaria and North Macedonia, and adjacent areas in the neighbouring countries. They form the so-called Balkan Slavic linguistic area, which encompasses the southeastern part of the dialect continuum of South Slavic.

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