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Rani dialect. The Rani dialect [3] or Lechito-Rani supradialect [4] is an extinct Slavic Lechitic dialect used by the Rani tribe [5] – the medieval Slavic inhabitants of the island of Rügen (in Rani dialect: Rȯjana, Rāna [5]) and its opposite coast. [6] This dialect, because of its closer affinity to the Drevani language than to the ...
Polish tribes. v. t. e. "Polish tribes" is a term used sometimes to describe the tribes of West Slavic Lechites that lived from around the mid-6th century in the territories that became Polish with the creation of the Polish state by the Piast dynasty. The territory on which they lived became a part of the first Polish state created by duke ...
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The Czech–Slovak languages (or Czecho-Slovak) are a subgroup within the West Slavic languages comprising the Czech and Slovak languages . Most varieties of Czech and Slovak are mutually intelligible, forming a dialect continuum (spanning the intermediate Moravian dialects) rather than being two clearly distinct languages; standardised forms ...
The West Slavs are Slavic peoples who speak the West Slavic languages. [1] [2] They separated from the common Slavic group around the 7th century, and established independent polities in Central Europe by the 8th to 9th centuries. [1] The West Slavic languages diversified into their historically attested forms over the 10th to 14th centuries.
The Marcho-Magdeburgian dialect, [1] Old March and Magdeburg dialect [2] is an extinct Slavic Lechitic dialect spoken by Slavic tribes living in the Old March and around Magdeburg. [2] Linguistically, the dialect was particularly related to the Drevani language used until the 18th century in Wendland and belonged to the West Lechitic dialects.
However, many Silesians regard it to be a separate language belonging to the West Slavic branch of Slavic languages, together with Polish and other Lechitic languages, such as Upper and Lower Sorbian, Czech and Slovak. In July 2007, the Silesian language was officially recognized by the Library of Congress and SIL International.
