South Slavic languages

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South Slavic
Geographic distribution	Southeast Europe
Linguistic classification	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic South Slavic
Subdivisions	Eastern South Slavic Western South Slavic [ru]
Language codes
ISO 639-5	zls
Glottolog	sout3147
Countries where a South Slavic language is the national language

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.