Protoslavic language

Proto-Slavic is the ancient common language of all Slavic peoples, itself derived from the Proto-Indo-European language. It was spoken before the VII century. Old Church Slavonic and other Slavic languages arose from Proto-Slavic. No written evidence of Proto-Slavic has been found, so it has been reconstructed by comparing the oldest Slavic languages and other Indo-European languages.

Origin

According to some estimates, the Proto-Slavic language developed between the 1st and 2nd millennium BC. C. There is open controversy about whether Proto-Slavic broke off directly from Proto-Indo-European, or if it did so later from the Proto-Balto-Slavic branch.

Throughout its existence (probably about 2000 years) Proto-Slavic underwent several changes. In the century V or VI some Slavic tribes began to emigrate. These migrations meant the break of the protoslav. The Bulgars formed their first empire in 681, and by the end of the IX century, the Bulgarian dialect spoken in Thessaloniki was first recorded, giving rise in the literature to what has become known as "Old Church Slavonic". This language cannot be considered as Proto-Slavic, since it was first written at least two centuries after the division of Proto-Slavonic, but it is still close enough for mutual intelligibility to exist with the speakers of the other Slavic dialects of that language. time.