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This page from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Slavonic_language" class="extiw" title="en:Church Slavonic language">Church Slavonic</a> Grammar (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/1619" class="mw-redirect" title="1619">1619</a>) by Meletius Smotrisky (R Мелетий Смотриский /m'el'et'ij smotr'isk'ij/) gives the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyrillic">Cyrillic</a> alphabet in the semi-uncial style (R полуустав /poluustav/) as it was used in Eastern Europe (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Russia">Muscovy</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>, parts of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="Poland">Poland</a> or "Rzecz Pospolita") at the time.

Note how the ancient <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yus" class="extiw" title="en:Yus">yuses</a>, of which only the uniotated variants survive, are given as variants (или /il'i/ "or") of the non-nasal letters (ю /ju/, ꙗ /ja/).

Meletius names the language he describes "Slavonic", indicating a deliberate attempt to standardise a common literary language for the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Orthodox Church">Orthodox</a> Slavs. As such, his attempt failed, for the vernacular <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Slavic_languages" class="extiw" title="en:East Slavic languages">East Slavic languages</a> had already diverged. In <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Russia">Russia</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>, however, the book was extremely influential, and served as a model for later grammarians (e.g. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomonosov" class="extiw" title="en:Lomonosov">Lomonosov</a>) who began, a century and a half later, to codify the vernacular, thus assisting in the creation of the literary.

The name Slavonic-Russian (R славяно-русский /slav'ano russk'ij/) continued to be used for the common language of the Russian Empire as late as by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushkin" class="extiw" title="en:Pushkin">Pushkin</a>.

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current19:24, 6 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 19:24, 6 January 2017349 × 602 (8 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)Original description: <br><p>This page from the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Slavonic_language" class="extiw" title="en:Church Slavonic language">Church Slavonic</a> Grammar</i> (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/1619" class="mw-redirect" title="1619">1619</a>) by Meletius Smotrisky (R Мелетий Смотриский /m'el'et'ij smotr'isk'ij/) gives the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyrillic">Cyrillic</a> alphabet in the semi-uncial style (R полуустав /poluustav/) as it was used in Eastern Europe (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Russia">Muscovy</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>, parts of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="Poland">Poland</a> or "Rzecz Pospolita") at the time. </p> <p>Note how the ancient <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yus" class="extiw" title="en:Yus">yuses</a>, of which only the uniotated variants survive, are given as variants (<i>или</i> /il'i/ "or") of the non-nasal letters (<i>ю</i> /ju/, <i>ꙗ</i> /ja/). </p> <p>Meletius names the language he describes "Slavonic", indicating a deliberate attempt to standardise a common literary language for the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Orthodox Church">Orthodox</a> Slavs. As such, his attempt failed, for the vernacular <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Slavic_languages" class="extiw" title="en:East Slavic languages">East Slavic languages</a> had already diverged. In <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Russia">Russia</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>, however, the book was extremely influential, and served as a model for later grammarians (e.g. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomonosov" class="extiw" title="en:Lomonosov">Lomonosov</a>) who began, a century and a half later, to codify the vernacular, thus assisting in the creation of the literary. </p> <p>The name <i>Slavonic-Russian</i> (R славяно-русский /slav'ano russk'ij/) continued to be used for the common language of the Russian Empire as late as by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushkin" class="extiw" title="en:Pushkin">Pushkin</a>. </p> <dl><dt> See also</dt></dl> <ul> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic" class="extiw" title="en:Cyrillic">Cyrillic</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_languages" class="extiw" title="en:Slavic languages">Slavic languages</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Bulgarian_(Church_Slavonic)" class="extiw" title="en:Old Bulgarian (Church Slavonic)">Old Bulgarian (Church Slavonic)</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Slavonic_language" class="extiw" title="en:Church Slavonic language">Church Slavonic language</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_East_Slavic" class="extiw" title="en:Old East Slavic">Old East Slavic</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language" class="extiw" title="en:Russian language">Russian language</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_language" class="extiw" title="en:Ukrainian language">Ukrainian language</a> </li> </ul>
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