The Lechitic languages are a subgroup of languages consisting of Polish and several other languages and dialects that were once spoken in what is now Poland and eastern Germany. Lechitic is one of the branches of the larger West Slavic group, alongside the Czech-Slovak languages and the Sorbian languages.
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RegionPoland and eastern Germany 1 Speaker Count Proto-Language Statusno reconstructed Proto-Lechitic language; the family is a dialect continuum with shared features 1 In the Other Atlases
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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.
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1. Lechitic languages - Wikipedia
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that were once spoken in the area that is now Poland and eastern Germany
Features section
There was no Proto-Lechitic language, but rather Lechitic languages are a group of dialects with many shared features.
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Wikidata item Q742782, property P1098 (number of speakers): 40000000, point in time 2001-00-00 (normal rank, non-deprecated)
Wikidata: Lechitic
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