What is East Slavic languages?
{{Infobox language family |name=East Slavic languages |map=Lenguas eslavas orientales.PNG |mapcaption=Distribution of the East Slavic languages in Eurasia:{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} {{legend|#008080|Russian}} {{legend|#00FF80|Belarusian}} {{legend|#FDBE02|Ukrainian}} {{legend|#FF8000|Rusyn}} |region=[[Eurasia]] ([[Eastern Europe]], [[North Asia|Northern Asia]], and the [[Caucasus]]) |familycolor=Indo-European |fam2=[[Balto-Slavic languages|Balto-Slavic]] |fam3=[[Slavic languages|Slavic]] |ancestor=[[Old East Slavic language|Old East Slavic]] |child1=[[Belarusian language|Belarusian]] |child2=[[Russian language|Russian]] |child3=[[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] |child4=[[Rusyn language|Rusyn]] |child5=[[Old East Slavic]]† |child6=[[Ruthenian language|Ruthenian]]† |child7=[[Old Novgorod dialect|Old Novgorodian]]† |iso5=zle |glotto=east1426 |glottorefname=East Slavic }} The '''East Slavic languages''' are one of the three regional subgroups of the [[Slavic languages]]. It is the largest subgroup of the Slavic languages by number of speakers. The East Slavic languages are [[Native language|natively spoken]] in [[Eastern Europe]], [[Siberia]], and the [[Russian Far East]]. It is also used as a [[lingua franca]] in the [[Caucasus]] and [[Central Asia]]. The main East Slavic languages are [[Belarusian language|Belarusian]], [[Russian language|Russian]], and [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]].{{sfn|Sussex|Cubberley|2006|pp=79–89}} Sometimes [[Rusyn language|Rusyn]] is also made separate, but other times it is said to be a [[dialect]] of Ukrainian.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dulichenko, Aleksandr ''The language of Carpathian Rus': Genetic Aspects''|url=http://www.rusyn.org/images/1.%20Language%20of%20Carpathian%20Rus'.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625103006/http://www.rusyn.org/images/1.%20Language%20of%20Carpathian%20Rus'.pdf|archive-date=2013-06-25|access-date=2009-12-12}}</ref> All of these languages use the [[Cyrillic script]]. == References == <references/> {{Slavic languages}}