Ruthenian, or Old Ruthenian, is a term used for the varieties of Eastern Slavonic spoken in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later in the East Slavic territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The written form is also called Chancery Slavonic. Scholars do not agree whether Ruthenian was a separate language or a Western dialect of Old East Slavic, but it is agreed that Ruthenian has a close genetic relationship with it. Old East Slavic was the colloquial language used in Kievan Rus'. Ruthenian can be seen as a predecessor of modern Belarusian, Rusyn and Ukrainian. Indeed all these languages, from Old East Slavic to Rusyn, have been labelled as Ruthenian. Wikipedia [ - ]

Ruthenian, or Old Ruthenian, is a term used for the varieties of Eastern Slavonic spoken in the... [ + ]