slavic philology

Question 1

How can you group Slavic languages?

Answer 1

Eastern
Belarusian
Russian
Rusyn
Ukrainian
- Southern
Eastern
Bulgarian
Macedonian
Church Slavonic
Western
Bosnian
Croatian
Montenegrin
Serbian
Slavomolisano
Slovene
- Western
Czech
Slovak
Lechitic
Kashubian
Polish
Silesian
Sorbian
LowerSorbian
Upper Sorbian

Question 2

Can you mention the Slavic minority languages spoken nowadays?

Answer 2

the Sorbian (in Germany), the Resian (in Italy)

Question 3

Balkan language area common features/properties

Answer 3

Common properties:
1. Phonological
vowel system without quantity, openness, and nasality distinctions
the presence of schwa

2. Morpho-syntactic
   a. substitution of synthetic declension markers by analytic ones
   b. grammaticalization of the category of definiteness through postpositive definite articles
   c. pronominal doubling of objects
   d. analytic expression of futurity
   e. analytic Perfect with a “have”-auxiliary
   f. loss of the infinitive and its substitution by subjunctive clauses