Slavic Languages

There are 10 Slavic languages commonly spoken in the world today. How many can you name?

Native speakers according to Wikipedia. Numbers are approximate

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Native Speakers	Language
155 mil	Russian
40 mil	Polish
30 mil	Ukrainian
19 mil	Serbo-Croatian
10 mil	Czech

Native Speakers	Language
9 mil	Bulgarian
7.6 mil	Belarusian
5.5 mil	Slovak
2.1 mil	Slovenian
2 mil	Macedonian

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Level 60

May 10, 2016

Interesting that you're from Serbia and that you made a quiz related to your native tongue. Also, cool quiz!

Level 77

May 11, 2016

Thank you :)

Level 76

May 11, 2016

Да, лепо квиз! Шта је дефиниција "Славиц" језику?

Level 60

May 11, 2016

This video could explain from Langfocus

Level 77

May 11, 2016

It is incorrect, but I can understand it :) I wanted to give you a deffinition, but I just saw video from comment above and as a Slav I can agree with facts from research of its maker.

Level 60

May 11, 2016

Video approved by a Slav.

Level 58

Jul 4, 2021

As a Slav I can agree with the video too :)

Level 65

May 11, 2016

Haha, at first I wrote "slavic" instead of "slovak".

Level 69

Jun 20, 2016

Having traveled to the countries of and studied some of these languages, I am utterly embarrassed that I didn't even know Bulgarian was Slavic!

Level 23

Dec 8, 2016

It was the last one I remembered! Completely forgot about it but then rememberred that it has Cyrillic, so it has to be Slavic! :)

Level 81

Jun 21, 2017

Lots of languages are or were written in Cyrillic but aren't Slavic. Mongolian and the Turkic languages of the countries of the FSU first came to mind.

Level 69

May 22, 2022

Another notable example is Romanian which was written predominantly in Cyrillic overall until the 1800's, in Soviet Republic of Moldova until 1989 and in Transnistria until today.

Level 57

Aug 30, 2023

That is such a bad way of remembering a language is Slavic.

Level 72

Jun 20, 2016

Aaaand cue the Serbian/Croatian language controversy...

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Level 77

Jun 20, 2016

It is not. Simply, it is one language.

Level 67

Jun 20, 2016

It's not one language by any standard. Serbo-croatian was a political idea and it's sad that you promote it still today.

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Level 67

Jan 16, 2019

I thought it was political that there are supposedly different languages. (Like each country wanting to have a language to call their own)

Level 55

Jun 20, 2016

@DorkmeisterBlu You called it!

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Level 82

Jul 22, 2016

Serbian and Croatian are as different as US English and UK English. Put a native speaker of each in a room together and they would understand each other with minimal problems. Same language.

Level 70

Aug 26, 2016

Then same goes for Bulgarian and Macedonian.

Level 77

Aug 27, 2016

Bulgarian and Macedonian are not that similar like Serbian and Croatian. But they can for sure understand each other very well.

Level 59

Jul 4, 2021

that mean's at most they're dialects of the same language...

Level 51

Jun 20, 2016

dobar kviz!

Level 77

Jun 20, 2016

Hvala :)

Level 86

Jun 20, 2016

Almost missed one - kept typing Ukrainian without the first i.

Level 30

Feb 23, 2017

Same! I was getting so frustrated! lol

Level 67

Jan 16, 2019

had that on another quiz. Now I know. But I still missed ukraine haha, got all the others, could think of any more..

Level 69

Jun 20, 2016

What about Sorbian (Upper and Lower), Rusyn and Kashubian? (yes, Slav here ;) )

Level 29

Jul 29, 2016

And Silesian (yes another Slav here)?

Level 63

Jun 21, 2016

What about Sorbian, the slavic minority language spoken in Germany?

Level 77

Jun 21, 2016

First version of this quiz had Sorbian, but it is removed beacuse of 50000 native speakers.

Level 44

Jun 22, 2016

I at least tried Sorbic ...

Also struggled with the English form of Weißrussisch and missed Macedonia when browsing through former YU.

Level 69

Jun 23, 2016

Maybe adding Sorbian and/or Rusyn and/or Kashubian would be a nice idea? Quizzes here are not only all about points, but we can also learn something new. Maybe some people fter taking the quiz would read a little bit about Sorbs, Rusyns and Kashubs and find it interesting?

Anyway, Slava! :)

Level 15

Jun 29, 2016

Nice quiz. But technically, the absence of languages like Rusyn, Kashubian and Upper and Lower Sorbian makes the quiz incorrect, because these are very much Slavic, and are very much "in the world". They may not be as "commonly spoken" as the ones you've listed, but then that raises the question of how common is common enough.

If you wish to avoid adding those languages, I suggest you set a more specific criterion for inclusion. For example, you could specify that only languages with 1,000,000+ speakers qualify, or that only official or national languages of countries qualify.

Indeed, some debate exists about whether the said languages are actually languages or dialects, but for that matter, the same applies for the varieties of Serbo-Croatian and for Macedonian too.

Level 59

Nov 22, 2020

Yes, I also think that would be nice. I'm part Sorbian and of course tried at first but seeing the lowest number is 2m I knew it was gonna be incorrect. Anyway, it would definitely be an interesting addition for those who have never heard of these smaller languages. Most of my German friends don't even know that Sorbs exist, which is kinda sad.

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Level 32

Mar 23, 2017

Lol I was like: "Montenegroanioan"

Level 45

Aug 20, 2017

But Bosnian?

Level 77

Aug 20, 2017

What about it?

Level 56

May 13, 2018

Serbian and Croatian are two languages, not just one. The grammar is different, vocabulary is around 30 % completely different. Some may say that they sound similar, but also we can say for danish, norwegian and swedish.

Level 77

May 14, 2018

Yeah right.

Level 86

Oct 18, 2018

TIL the Baltic country languages are not Slavic.

Level 59

Jul 14, 2020

Latvian and Lithuanian are, in fact, Baltic languages! Estonian, on the other hand, is closely related to Finnish and also related to Hungarian. They all have Slavic influences but mainly from Soviet times, the languages themselves are largely unrelated and only sound like it to non-Slavs/Balts.

Level 72

Nov 9, 2018

Is Montenegrin not considered its own language?

Level 77

Nov 9, 2018

There is no such a thing like Montenegrin language. They speak pure Serbian.

Level 77

Dec 22, 2018

Ljudevit Gaj ''Danica'' 1846 godine- Sav svijet zna i priznaje da smo mi književnost ilirsku podigli; nu nama još iz daleka nije na um palo ikada potvrditi da to nije srpski već ilirski jezik; pa se ponosimo i hvalimo Bogu velikom što mi Hrvati s braćom Srbljima sada jedan književni jezik imamo.

Level 77

Dec 22, 2018

Ljudevit Gaj - Kako da se prepiremo što je kod Srbljah narodno, što li nije, kod Srbljah, u kojih od oltara do čobana ništa biti ne može što ne bi narodno bilo: kod Srbljah, od kojih mi jezik u svojoj mudrosti i u svom bogatstvu, i običaje u svojoj izvrsnosti i svojoj čistoći učiti moramo ako hoćemo da ilirski život obnovimo.

Level 77

Dec 22, 2018

Možemo da govorimo argumentima, a ne da se vređamo.

Level 90

May 6, 2020

Macedonian and Bulgarian are not slavic!

Level 77

May 6, 2020

Oh, they are.

Level ∞

Jun 27, 2021

The quiz is accurate:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonian_language

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian_language

Level 65

Jun 23, 2020

Bosnian does not equal neither Serbian neither Croatian!

Level 60

Nov 22, 2020

Belarusian is spelled like Byelorussian, not Belarusian also, it's not Slovenian it's Slovene.

Level ∞

Jun 27, 2021

This quiz is in English. The variations which you have mentioned are accepted as type-ins.

Level 45

Jul 4, 2021

How did you make that hyperlink in the description?

Level 56

Jul 4, 2021

Why is Ukranian not accepted?

Level 66

Jul 4, 2021

Ukrainian - not Ukranian

Level 24

Jul 4, 2021

Macedonia is not Slavic.

Level 78

Jul 5, 2021

Says who?

The quizmaker is kind enough to provide a source. Wikipedia agrees with him. If you feel the need to argue the position, you could at least try to make the effort of presenting an argument. Even if it's a feeble one.

Level 75

Mar 28, 2023

The Greek one is not. North Macedonia is for the most part, albeit with a strong Albanian minority.

Level 17

Jul 5, 2021

Cheers practice, greetings from POLAND

Level 59

Jul 5, 2021

Four minutes is very generous. Still, nice quiz.

Level 44

Jun 4, 2022

what about sorbian, kashubian and rusyn? theyre slavic languages too

Level 22

Feb 6, 2024

you're right but I think it would be too hard

Level 49

Nov 5, 2022

Fali Bosanski jezik

Level 22

Feb 6, 2024

Good quizz from a slavic (polish)

Level 65

Apr 11, 2024

hey! serbian and croatian are TOTALLY different languages. yeah they might be pronounced and spelled almost exactly the same, but they're still different

Level 77

Apr 11, 2024

Define tottaly different.

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