West Slavic languages
- Countries, which are spoken in the majority of Western Slavic languages
The West Slavic languages in addition to the South and East Slavic languages one of the three branches of Slavic languages , which in turn belong to the Indo-European language family. They are spoken by around 56 million people in Central Eastern Europe, especially in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Lusatia.
For western Slavic language family include:
- Lechische group polish
- Polabian ( Elbslawisch ) ( †)
- Pomoranisch ( Ostseeslawisch ): (West) Pomoranisch ( Ostseeslawisch ) ( †)
- Kashubian - Slovincian (East Pomoranisch ): Kashubian
- Slovincian (†)
- Lower
- Upper Sorbian
- Czech
- Knaanisch (†)
- Slovak
- Partially: Backa - Russinisch
Features of West Slavic languages over the eastern and southern Slavic are:
- Proto-Slavic * tj and * dj are as c and ( d) represent z; see świeca Polish, Czech svíce, Slovak svieca, Kashubian Swieca, Upper and Lower swěca < Proto-Slavic * světja ' light, candle ' or Miedza Polish, Czech meze, Slovak medza, Upper Sorbian mjeza, Lower mjaza < Proto-Slavic * Medja ' Rain'.
- Proto-Slavic * or * ol * he * el between consonants in the Czech- Slovak group as ra, la, re, LE, and in the other West Slavic languages as ro, lo, re, le represented (called Liquidametathese ); see Polish, Sorbian mróz, Lower mroz Mráz with Czech, Slovak Mráz < Proto-Slavic * morzъ ' Frost' or mleko Polish, Czech mléko, Slovak mlieko < Proto-Slavic * Melko ' milk '. In Sorbian occurs in these groups mostly a change e> o a, so Sorbian mlóko ( orthographically mloko ), Lower mloko.