3 Misha's classmates want to know more about the history of the Russian language. Their teacher is telling them about it. Read the information and check your answers to Ex. 2.
In about the 6th century AD Slav tribes migrated west to the river Elbe and to the south into the Balkans. By the 10th century there were three Slavonic language groups: Western, Southern and Eastern. Russian, together with Ukrainian and Belorussian, comes from the Eastern Slavonic language group.
In the 12th century the Mongols came. You may think that Mongol invader: who stayed in Russia changed the language forever, but it isn't true. Th< Russian language didn't change much and stayed Slavic.
All Slavonic languages are still similar and people who speak them cai understand each other.
In about the 6th century AD Slav tribes migrated west to the river Elbe and to the south into the Balkans. By the 10th century there were three Slavonic language groups: Western, Southern and Eastern. Russian, together with Ukrainian and Belorussian, comes from the Eastern Slavonic language group.
In the 12th century the Mongols came. You may think that Mongol invader: who stayed in Russia changed the language forever, but it isn't true. Th< Russian language didn't change much and stayed Slavic.
All Slavonic languages are still similar and people who speak them cai understand each other.
