The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
| Classification | Indo-European, Slavic, South, Eastern. |
| Comments | Used as liturgical language of various Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches. Christian. Extinct. Bible 1581-1751. |