Not to be confused with East Slavic languages or South Slavic languages.
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 (?)[1]
New Church Slavonic
† Old Church Slavonic
Glottolog
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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.
^Balkan Syntax and Semantics, John Benjamins Publishing, 2004, ISBN 158811502X, The typology of Balkan evidentiality and areal linguistic, Victor Friedman, p. 123.
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