Slavic languages are a group of related languages spoken primarily in Eastern Europe and parts of Central Asia. They belong to the larger Indo-European language family and are divided into three main branches: West Slavic, East Slavic, and South Slavic. Notable languages in these branches include Polish, Russian, and Serbian. These languages share common linguistic features, such as similar vocabulary and grammatical structures. They are written in different scripts, with Cyrillic used for languages like Russian and Bulgarian, while Latin script is used for languages like Polish and Czech.