West Slavic languages

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/West_Slavic_languages

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:language_family
gptkbp:descendedFrom	gptkb:Proto-Slavic
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature	lack of palatalization found in East Slavic use of Latin script
gptkbp:family	gptkb:Indo-European_languages gptkb:Balto-Slavic_languages
gptkbp:hasSubgroup	gptkb:Sorbian gptkb:Czech–Slovak gptkb:Lechitic
gptkbp:historicalPeriod	split from Proto-Slavic around 6th–7th century CE
gptkbp:ISO639-3	zlw
gptkbp:neighboringLanguageGroups	gptkb:East_Slavic_languages gptkb:Germanic_languages gptkb:South_Slavic_languages gptkb:Romance_languages
gptkbp:notableLanguage	gptkb:Upper_Sorbian gptkb:Lower_Sorbian gptkb:Silesian gptkb:Kashubian Czech Polish Slovak
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers	over 60 million
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Central_Europe gptkb:Eastern_Europe
gptkbp:spokenIn	gptkb:Czech_Republic gptkb:Germany gptkb:Poland gptkb:Slovakia gptkb:Eastern_Germany
gptkbp:subclassOf	gptkb:Slavic_languages
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Latin_alphabet
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Slavic_languages
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	West Slavic languages