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Polabian
| Spoken in: | Germany |
| Total speakers: | extinct |
| Ranking: | not ranked |
Genetic
classification: |
Indo-European
Slavic
West
Lekhitic
Polabian
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| Official status |
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| Official language of: | | |
| ISO 639-2: | sla |
| SIL: | POX |
The Polabian language was a group of Slavic dialects spoken in present-day northern Germany: Mecklenburg, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, eastern parts of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein. They became extinct in the 18th century. There are known Polabian texts written in Hanover Wendland ( Luechow-Dannenberg) in 17th and 18th centuries. Polabian was one of the Lekhitic languages.
The name derives from the name of Polabian Slavs , which in its turn derives from name of the ElbeThe Elbe River ( Czech Labe Sorbian/Lusatian Lobjo Polish Laba is one of the major waterways of central Europe. It originates in the North West Czech Republic before traversing much of Germany and finally emptying into the North Sea. Geography Elbe rises river in Slavic languages: Labe in Czech languageLanguages of the Czech Republic Slavic languages The Czech language is one of the West Slavic languages, along with Slovak, Polish, Pomeranian, and Sorbian. It is spoken by most people in the Czech Republic and by Czechs all over the world (about 12 milli and Laba in Polish languagePolish polski jezyk polski is the official language of Poland. History Polish has been influenced by contact with foreign languages (foremost Latin, Czech, French, German, Italian, Russian and recently it has been virtually bombarded by English, especiall, see WendsThe Wends are partly a term by some held equivalent to Vandals through a latinized form of Wendland, and partly a German abbrevation (also often used in English) for some Slavic people from north-central Europe. The term has not historically enjoyed consi.
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