Language code: `chu`

Technical information about ISO 639 language code chu

The table below provides technical details for the Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic language, designated by the chu code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code	`chu`
Name	Official Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic Native Ѩзыкъ словѣньскъ
Text direction	Left-to-Right
Language varieties	Bulgarian RecensionMacedonian (Ohrid) RecensionRussian RecensionSerbian RecensionCroatian-Glagolitic Recension
Related languages	BulgarianMacedonianSerbianRussianUkrainianBelarusianSlovene
Key facts	First standardized Slavic literary language created by Saints Cyril and Methodius in the 9th centuryEarliest texts were written in the Glagolitic script before the spread of CyrillicManuscripts display regional features that produced distinct Church Slavonic recensionsThe language preserves the full Proto-Slavic case system and the dual numberStill used today as a liturgical and sacred language in Eastern Christian rites
Sample phrase	Здравъ буди, како єси?
Character encodings	UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32
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The Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic language, identified by the code chu, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Ancient' by its type.

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