Indo-European family

Polabian

c. 800 CE – 1756 CE Extinct

Polabian (c. 800 CE – 1756 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Slavic → Proto-West Slavic → Polabian.

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ISO 639-3
pox
Glottocode
pola1255

Lechitic language of the Drawehn Wends along the Elbe, extinct by the mid-18th century. Known mainly from word lists.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Slavicc. 200 BCE – 600 CE
  3. Proto-West Slavicc. 600 CE – 1000 CE
  4. Polabianc. 800 CE – 1756 CE

Sister languages 6

Also descended from Proto-West Slavic.

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