West Slavic languages

West Slavic
West Slavic
West Slavonic
Geographic; distribution	Central Europe
Linguistic classification	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic West Slavic; ; ;
Early forms	Proto-Indo-European Proto-Balto-Slavic Proto-Slavic Old West Slavic ; ; ;
Subdivisions	Czech–Slovak; Lechitic; Sorbian; Lach;
ISO 639-5	zlw
Glottolog	west2792
	Distribution of the West Slavic languages and dialects.

The West Slavic languages are a subdivision of the Slavic language group. They include Polish, Czech, Slovak, Kashubian, Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian. The languages have traditionally been spoken across a mostly continuous region encompassing the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, the westernmost regions of Ukraine and Belarus, and a bit of eastern Lithuania. In addition, there are several language islands such as the Sorbian areas in Lusatia in Germany, and Slovak areas in Hungary and elsewhere.

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