Lechitic languages

The Lechitic (or Lekhitic) languages are a language subgroup consisting of Polish and several other languages and dialects that were once spoken in the area that is now Poland and eastern Germany. It is one of the branches of the larger West Slavic subgroup; the other branches of this subgroup are the Czech–Slovak languages and the Sorbian languages.

Lechitic
Geographic
distribution		Poland
Linguistic classificationIndo-European
Subdivisions
  • East Lechitic (Polish and Silesian)
  • West Lechitic † (includes Marcho-Magdeburgian, Rani) (evolved into Polabian)
  • Pomeranian/Middle Lechitic † (evolved into Kashubian and Slovincian †)
Glottologlech1241
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