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The Lechitic languages include three languages spoken in Central Europe, mainly in Poland, and historically also in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg, and Vorpommern, in the north-eastern region of modern Germany. This language group is a branch of the larger West Slavic language family. The Lechitic group includes:
- Polish - (ISO 639-1 code: pl, ISO 639-2 code: pol)
- Pomeranian
- Kashubian - (ISO 639-2 code: csb)
- Slovincian - extinct
- Silesian (ISO 639-3 code: szl)
- Polabian - extinct - (SIL Code: pox)
The characteristics of Lechitic languages are:
- Mutation of Proto-Slavic ě, e, ę before alveolars into a, o, ą, ǫ.
- Continuation of Proto-Slavic dj, gě, gi as dz [ʒ], dze [ʒe], dzy [ʒj].
- Lack of g → h transition.
- Preservation of nasal vowels.
- the so-called fourth palatalization of velars in Polish and Kashubian
The term Lechitic derives from the old alternative name *lěchy (see Lechia) for the Lechitic peoples (in contrast to *čěchy for the Czechs).
Slavic people using those languages were known as Lechites.
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