West Slavs

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The West Slavs are a subgroup of Slavic peoples in Central Europe, including nations such as Poles, Czechs, and Slovaks, who share related languages and cultural traditions.

All labels observed (13)

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Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
subgroup of Slavs
associatedWithModernState Austria
Belarus
Czech Republic
Germany
Hungary
Poland
Slovakia
Ukraine
conversionToChristianity 10th century
9th century
culturalRegion Central Europe
developedFrom early Slavic tribes
distinguishedFrom East Slavs
South Slavs
emerged early Middle Ages
hasLanguageBranch West Slavic languages
hasSubgroup Czechs
Kashubians
linked to: Kashubian language

Lachians
Mazovians
Moravians
Poles
Silesians
linked to: Silesian language

Slovaks
Sorbs
historicallyInfluencedBy Great Moravia
Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of Bohemia
linked to: Bohemia

Piast dynasty
historicalRegion Bohemia
Greater Poland
Lesser Poland
Lusatia
Mazovia
Moravia
Silesia
historicalReligion Slavic paganism
languageFamily Indo-European languages
Slavic languages
locatedIn Central Europe
Europe
partOf Slavic peoples
linked to: Slavs
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
sharesCulturalTraditionsWith Czechs
Poles
Slovaks
subgroupOf Slavs
usesLanguage Czech language
linked to: Czechs

Kashubian language
Lower Sorbian language
linked to: Sorbian languages

Polish language
Silesian language
Slovak language
Sorbian languages
Upper Sorbian language
linked to: Sorbian languages
writingSystem Latin script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Poles partOf West Slavs
Poles partOf Slavs
linked to: West Slavs
Poles relatedGroup Czechs
linked to: West Slavs
Poles relatedGroup Slovaks
linked to: West Slavs
Poles relatedGroup Silesians
linked to: West Slavs
Poles relatedGroup Kashubians
linked to: West Slavs
Silesia ethnicallyInhabitedBy Silesians
subject linked to: Silesia (as contested region)
linked to: West Slavs
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern hasMinorityLanguage Upper Sorbian
linked to: West Slavs
Slavs hasSubdivision West Slavs
Slovaks subgroupOf West Slavs
Lachians ethnolinguisticGroupOf West Slavs
East Slavs relatedGroup West Slavs
South Slavs relatedGroup West Slavs
Slavic cultural sphere hasSubregion West Slavic cultural sphere
linked to: West Slavs
Sorbs ethnogenesis West Slavs
Pomeranians ethnicity West Slavic
linked to: West Slavs
Pomeranians subgroupOf West Slavs
Silesians subgroupOf West Slavs
Wagria ethnicGroup Polabian Slavs
linked to: West Slavs
Bohemians subgroupOf West Slavs
Mieszko I of Poland ethnicGroup West Slavs
Łužica traditionalInhabitants West Slavs
Lesser Poles partOf West Slavs
Piasts of Gniezno hasEthnicity West Slavic
linked to: West Slavs
Polabian language spokenIn Polabian Slavs
linked to: West Slavs
Slavic states hasSubgroup West Slavic states
linked to: West Slavs
Obotrite tribal federation partOf Polabian Slavic area
linked to: West Slavs
Serby ethnolinguisticGroup West Slavs
Wends languageFamilyOfGroups West Slavic
linked to: West Slavs
Wends category West Slavic peoples
linked to: West Slavs
Svatopluk I ethnicContext West Slavs