Lechitic languages

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Lechitic languages are a subgroup of West Slavic languages spoken primarily in Poland and nearby regions, historically including Polish, Kashubian, and related dialects.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf West Slavic languages subgroup
language subgroup
descendsFrom Proto-Slavic language
geographicCore territory of modern Poland
hasExtinctMember Old Pomeranian language
Polabian language
Kashubian language
surface form: Slovincian language
hasFeature aspectual verb distinction
case system
grammatical gender
rich inflectional morphology
hasLivingMember Kashubian language
Polish language
Silesian language
historicalEthnicGroup Wends
surface form: Lechites
historicallySpokenIn Brandenburg
Lusatia
Mecklenburg
Pomerania
includesLanguage Greater Polish dialects
Kashubian language
Lesser Polish dialects
Maspian dialects
Mazovian dialects
Polabian language
Polish language
Pomeranian language
Silesian Polish dialects
Silesian language
Kashubian language
surface form: Slovincian language
ISOClassification part of West Slavic branch of Indo-European
linguisticDivision Lechitic languages self-linksurface differs
surface form: Northern Lechitic

Southern Lechitic
majorStandardLanguage Polish language
nameEtymology Lach (archaic Slavic term for Pole)
surface form: derived from ethnonym Lechites
recognizedMinorityLanguage Kashubian language
sharesAncestorWith Czech–Slovak languages
Sorbian languages
spokenIn Czech Republic
Germany
Poland
Slovakia
subclassOf Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Slavic languages
West Slavic languages
typology fusional language
wordOrder SVO-dominant
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (5)

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

Kashubian language subfamily Lechitic languages
West Slavic languages hasSubgroup Lechitic languages
Polish languageBranch Lechitic languages
Lechitic languages linguisticDivision Lechitic languages self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Northern Lechitic
Serbja languageSubgroup Lechitic languages
this entity surface form: Lechitic–Sorbian branch