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West Slavic
Geographic distribution:	Eastern Europe
Genetic classification:	Indo-European  Balto-Slavic   Slavic    West Slavic
Subdivisions:	Czech-Slovak Lechitic Sorbian
Countries where a West Slavic language is the national language

The West Slavic languages is a subdivision of the Slavic language group that includes Czech, Polish, Slovak, and Sorbian.

Classification:

• Indo-European
  • Balto-Slavic
    • Slavic
      • West Slavic
        • Czech-Slovak
          • Czech
          • Slovak
          • Pannonian Rusyn (alternatively also considered an East Slavic Language, a dialect of Ukrainian language, or an intermediate dialect between the Western dialects of the Ukrainian and the Eastern dialects of the Slovak language)
        • Lechitic
          • Polish
          • Silesian
          • Pomeranian
            • Kashubian
            • Slovincian
          • Polabian
        • Sorbian
          • Upper Sorbian
          • Lower Sorbian