West Slavs

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ethnic group subgroup of Slavs

The West Slavs are a subgroup of Slavic peoples in Central Europe, including nations such as Poles, Czechs, and Slovaks, who share related languages and cultural traditions.

Aliases (7)

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group → subgroup of Slavs →
associatedWithModernState	Austria → Belarus → Czech Republic → Germany → Hungary → Poland → Slovakia → Ukraine →
conversionToChristianity	10th century → 9th century →
culturalRegion	Central Europe →
developedFrom	early Slavic tribes →
distinguishedFrom	East Slavs → South Slavs →
emerged	early Middle Ages →
hasLanguageBranch	West Slavic languages →
hasSubgroup	Czechs → Kashubians → Lachians → Mazovians → Moravians → Poles → Silesians → Slovaks → Sorbs →
historicallyInfluencedBy	Great Moravia → Holy Roman Empire → Kingdom of Bohemia → Piast dynasty →
historicalRegion	Bohemia → Greater Poland → Lesser Poland → Lusatia → Mazovia → Moravia → Silesia →
historicalReligion	Slavic paganism →
languageFamily	Indo-European languages → Slavic languages →
locatedIn	Central Europe → Europe →
partOf	Slavic peoples →
religion	Eastern Orthodoxy → Protestantism → Roman Catholicism →
sharesCulturalTraditionsWith	Czechs → Poles → Slovaks →
subgroupOf	Slavs →
usesLanguage	Czech language → Kashubian language → Lower Sorbian language → Polish language → Silesian language → Slovak language → Sorbian languages → Upper Sorbian language →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
East Slavs → Poles ("Czechs") → Poles ("Slovaks") → Poles ("Silesians") → Poles ("Kashubians") → South Slavs →	relatedGroup
Poles → Poles ("Slavs") →	partOf
Silesia ("Silesians") →	ethnicallyInhabitedBy
Sorbs →	ethnogenesis
Lachians →	ethnolinguisticGroupOf
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ("Upper Sorbian") →	hasMinorityLanguage
Slavs →	hasSubdivision
Slavic cultural sphere ("West Slavic cultural sphere") →	hasSubregion
Slovaks →	subgroupOf