ISO 639-3 · poxpox
Indo-European family · extinct or historical language
Polabian
Wenske
Polabian is an extinct or historical language of the Lechitic branch (Indo-European), spoken in Germany and Poland. Wikidata describes it as “extinct West Slavic language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
pox- Glottocode
pola1255- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 10 Extinct
- Centre point
- 51.00, 12.83
- Wikipedia
- 65 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
10EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Polabian · Wenske |
|---|---|
| Also called | Polabian language, Drevanian-Polabian, Drevanian, Lüneberg Wendish, Drevanian language |
| All speakers | 0 (1780) |
| Kind | extinct or historical language |
Vitality
EGIDS 10 Extinct10
Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Polabian
The branches above Polabian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Germany
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