Dialects.—a. Russian Proper, b. Susdalian, spoken in the government of Moscow. c. Olonetz. d. Malo-Russian (Little Russian) of the Ukraine, probably passing into the e. Russniak of Bukowina, Lodomir, and Gallicia and f. the White Russian of Volhynia.
Alphabets.—Derived directly from the Old Slavonic, indirectly from the Greek.
Christianity.—Greek Church. Introduced between A.D. 980, and A.D. 1015.
β.
SERVIANS.
Divisions.—1. Servians of Servia, Slavonia, Transylvania, and New Servia (a Russian colony on the Dnieper, settled A.D. 1754).[189] 2. Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mahometans). 3. Dalmatians, Ragusans, and Montenegriners of Monte Negro, conterminous with the Albanians.
Alphabet.—Old Slavonic, of Cyrillus and Methodius for Servia. Glagolitic for Dalmatia. Both of Greek origin.
Christianity.—Greek Church. Introduced anterior to 800 A.D. Old Slavonic, the church language.
γ.
ILLYRIANS.
Divisions.—a. Croatian. b. Slovenzi of Carinthia, Carniola, Steyermark, South-western Hungary.
Alphabet.—Originally of Greek origin, or Glagolitic. Replaced by the Roman.