Lechitic languages

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

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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