West Lechitic dialects

A map highlighting the extent of regions where Lechitic languages may have been spoken in the 9th and 10th centuries.
In brown, regions where Lechitic languages may have been spoken in the 9th and 10th centuries.

The West Lechitic dialects (or West Lekhitic dialects) are a group of extinct Lechitic dialects, used by the Slavic peoples of Pomerania, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg and the lands on the lower and middle Elbe. At the same time, the dialects of Central Pomerania and Gdańsk Pomerania are usually considered transitional between West Lechitic and East Lechitic (i.e. all traditional dialects of the Polish and Silesian languages) and are called the Middle Lechitic dialect group.[1][2]

  1. ^ Dajna 1993, p. 69.
  2. ^ Konopka 2008, p. 657.