Polabian language

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use by Polabs
- In Polab
  Nevertheless, the Polab language, related to Kaszub and Polish, survived until the beginning of the 19th century in what is now the German state of Lower Saxony.
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Lekhitic languages
- In Lekhitic languages
  The extinct Polabian language, which bordered the Sorbian dialects in eastern Germany, was spoken by the Slavic population of the Elbe River region until the 17th or 18th century; a dictionary and some phrases written in the language exist.
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West Slavic languages
- In Slavic languages: Polish and other Lekhitic languages
  Lekhitic also included Polabian, which was spoken up to the 17th–18th century by the Slavic population of the Elbe (Labe) River region. (At that time a dictionary and some phrases in the language were written down.)
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