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West Slavic

subdivision of the Slavic language group
Language language_family Q145852
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Summary

West Slavic is a language family[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of language family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,401 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Based on: Old Church Slavonic[3]
  • Subclass of: Slavic[4]
  • Commons category: West Slavic languages[5]
  • Has part(s): Lechitic[6], Czech–Slovak languages[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:West Slavic languages[8]
  • Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 60,000,000[9]
  • Indigenous to: Slavs[10]
  • Studied by: West Slavic Studies[11]

Why It Matters

West Slavic has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Archaeology & Language. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Archaeology & Language. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0235702-zapadoslovanske-jazyky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0235702-zapadoslovanske-jazyky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nci thesaurus id → C161859
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 28303, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  3. 24w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → Slavic
    Has part(s) → Lechitic, Czech–Slovak languages
    Umls cui → CL970358
    Instance of → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Umls cui: CL970358"
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