Editing Lechitic languages (section)

==Languages==
[[File:Book of Henryków.PNG|thumb|The [[Book of Henryków]], containing what is claimed to be the first written Polish sentence]]
[[File:Zendzenie kaszebow leba kartuze.jpg|thumb|Kashubian jamboree in [[Łeba]] in 2005 – banner showing the Kashubian name of [[Kartuzy County]]]]
The Lechitic languages are:
* [[Polish language|Polish]], used by approximately 38&nbsp;million native speakers in Poland and several million elsewhere. Polish is considered to have several [[Dialects of Polish|dialects]], including [[Greater Poland dialect|Greater Polish]], [[Lesser Poland dialect|Lesser Polish]], and [[Masovian dialect|Masovian]], among others;
** [[Silesian language|Silesian]], used today by over 530,000 people (2011 census)<ref name="GUS2011" /> in Polish [[Silesia]] and by some more in [[Czech Silesia]]. The different varieties of Silesian are often considered to be dialects of [[Polish language|Polish]] and [[Czech language|Czech]], and are sometimes seen as forming a distinct language;
* [[Pomeranian language|Pomeranian]], spoken by [[Pomeranians (tribe)|Slavic Pomeranians]], of which the only remaining variety is:
** [[Kashubian language|Kashubian]], used today by over 110,000 people (2011 census)<ref name="GUS2011">[http://www.stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/LUD_raport_z_wynikow_NSP2011.pdf Narodowy Spis Powszechny Ludności i Mieszkań 2011. Raport z wyników] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221235509/http://www.stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/LUD_raport_z_wynikow_NSP2011.pdf |date=2012-12-21 }} – [[Central Statistical Office (Poland)|Central Statistical Office of Poland]]</ref> in the eastern part of [[Pomerania]]. Sometimes it is considered a dialect of [[Polish language|Polish]];
** [[Slovincian language|Slovincian]], extinct since the 20th century.
* [[Polabian language|Polabian]], extinct since the mid-18th century, a [[West Lechitic dialects|West Lechitic]] language formerly spoken by Slavic peoples in areas around the [[Elbe]] river in what is now the northeast of Germany.