West Proto-Slavic dialects

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West Proto-Slavic dialects are the reconstructed group of early Slavic dialects that formed the historical linguistic basis of the modern West Slavic languages, such as Polish, Czech, and Slovak.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect continuum
reconstructed language group
stage of Proto-Slavic
characterizedBy development of nasal vowels in Lechitic area
distinct treatment of Proto-Slavic *tj and *dj
innovations in prosody compared to South Slavic
specific outcomes of liquid diphthongs
contrastedWith East Proto-Slavic dialects
Southern Common Slavic (hypothesized dialect area)
surface form: South Proto-Slavic dialects
developedFrom Common Slavic
surface form: Common Proto-Slavic
hasAlternativeName Proto-West Slavic dialects
Western Proto-Slavic dialects
hasPart Czech–Slovak dialect group
Lechitic dialect group
Sorbian dialect group
hasReconstructionStatus not directly attested
historicalBasisOf Czech language
Kashubian language
Polish language
Silesian language
Slovak language
Sorbian languages
West Slavic languages
inferredFrom comparative evidence of West Slavic languages
internal reconstruction of West Slavic
languageBranch Balto-Slavic languages
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
languageGroup West Slavic languages
surface form: West Slavic
languageSubbranch Slavic languages
partOf Proto-Slavic language
precedes Old Czech
surface form: Old Czech language

Old Polish language
Old Slovak stages
reconstructedBy comparative method
sharesFeatureWith Czech–Slovak languages
Lechitic languages
Sorbian languages
spokenInHistoricalRegion Central Europe
Lusatia
areas of modern Czech Republic
areas of modern Poland
areas of modern Slovakia
studiedIn Slavic studies
surface form: Slavic linguistics

historical linguistics
subclassOf West Proto-Slavic dialects self-linksurface differs
surface form: Proto-Slavic dialects
timePeriod 1st millennium AD
early Middle Ages

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Proto-Slavic language hasSubdivision West Proto-Slavic dialects
Czech–Slovak languages historicalDevelopment West Proto-Slavic dialects
this entity surface form: developed from Common West Slavic
West Proto-Slavic dialects subclassOf West Proto-Slavic dialects self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Proto-Slavic dialects