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.
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