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Lechitic

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Also known as Lechitic languages, Lekhitic

language family

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Geographic distribution
Poland
Linguistic classification
Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic West Slavic Lechitic
Subdivisions
East Lechitic ( Polish and Silesian ) West Lechitic † (includes Marcho-Magdeburgian , Rani ) (evolved into Polabian ) Pomeranian /Middle Lechitic † (evolved into Kashubian and Slovincian † )
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lech1241

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Lechitic languages
number of speakers, writers, or signers
40000000
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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.

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