West Slavs

E10428
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.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
West Slavs canonical 16
West Slavic 3
Polabian Slavs 2

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 ⓘ
Kashubian language ⓘ
surface form: Kashubians

Lachians ⓘ
Mazovians ⓘ
Moravians ⓘ
Poles ⓘ
Silesian language ⓘ
surface form: Silesians

Slovaks ⓘ
Sorbs ⓘ
historicallyInfluencedBy Great Moravia ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Bohemia ⓘ
surface form: 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 Slavs ⓘ
surface form: Slavic peoples
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sharesCulturalTraditionsWith Czechs ⓘ
Poles ⓘ
Slovaks ⓘ
subgroupOf Slavs ⓘ
usesLanguage Czechs ⓘ
surface form: Czech language

Kashubian language ⓘ
Sorbian languages ⓘ
surface form: Lower Sorbian language

Polish language ⓘ
Silesian language ⓘ
Slovak language ⓘ
Sorbian languages ⓘ
Sorbian languages ⓘ
surface form: Upper Sorbian language
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Poles → partOf → West Slavs ⓘ
Poles → partOf → West Slavs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Slavs
Poles → relatedGroup → West Slavs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Czechs
Poles → relatedGroup → West Slavs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Slovaks
Poles → relatedGroup → West Slavs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silesians
Poles → relatedGroup → West Slavs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kashubians
Silesia (as contested region) → ethnicallyInhabitedBy → West Slavs ⓘ
subject surface form: Silesia
this entity surface form: Silesians
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern → hasMinorityLanguage → West Slavs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Sorbian
Slavs → hasSubdivision → West Slavs ⓘ
Slovaks → subgroupOf → West Slavs ⓘ
Lachians → ethnolinguisticGroupOf → West Slavs ⓘ
East Slavs → relatedGroup → West Slavs ⓘ
South Slavs → relatedGroup → West Slavs ⓘ
Slavic cultural sphere → hasSubregion → West Slavs ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Slavic cultural sphere
Sorbs → ethnogenesis → West Slavs ⓘ
Pomeranians → ethnicity → West Slavs ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Slavic
Pomeranians → subgroupOf → West Slavs ⓘ
Silesians → subgroupOf → West Slavs ⓘ
Wagria → ethnicGroup → West Slavs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polabian Slavs
Bohemians → subgroupOf → West Slavs ⓘ
Mieszko I of Poland → ethnicGroup → West Slavs ⓘ
Łužica → traditionalInhabitants → West Slavs ⓘ
Lesser Poles → partOf → West Slavs ⓘ
Piasts of Gniezno → hasEthnicity → West Slavs ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Slavic
Polabian language → spokenIn → West Slavs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polabian Slavs
Slavic states → hasSubgroup → West Slavs ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Slavic states
Obotrite tribal federation → ethnicGroup → West Slavs ⓘ
Obotrite tribal federation → partOf → West Slavs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polabian Slavic area
Serby → ethnolinguisticGroup → West Slavs ⓘ
Wends → languageFamilyOfGroups → West Slavs ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Slavic
Wends → category → West Slavs ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Slavic peoples
Svatopluk I → ethnicContext → West Slavs ⓘ