The South Slavic languages are one of three branches of the Slavic languages.There are approximately 30 million speakers, mainly in the Balkans.These are separated geographically from speakers of the other two Slavic branches (West and East) by a belt of German, Hungarian and Romanian speakers.The first South Slavic language to be written (also the first attested …

The settlement of the Eastern Alps region by early Slavs took place during the 6th to 8th centuries. It is part of the southward expansion of the early Slavs which would result in the characterization of the South Slavic group, and would ultimately result in the ethnogenesis of present-day Slovenes.The Eastern Alpine territories concerned comprise modern-day Slovenia, …