Online Encyclopedia
Kashubian language
| Spoken in: |
Poland Canada |
| Total speakers: | 0.2 Million |
| Ranking: | not ranked |
| Genetic classification: |
Indo-European |
| Official status | |
|---|---|
| Official language of: | no country (in official use in some counties of Pomeranian Voivodship, Poland) |
| ISO 639-2: | sla |
| SIL: | CSB |
Kashubian, Cassubian is one of the Lekhitic languages, which are a group of Slavonic languages.
It is assumed that it evolved from the language spoken by some tribes of Pomeranians called Kashubians, in the region of Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea between the Vistula and Oder rivers.
It is closely related to the Slovincian language, and both of them are Pomeranian language dialects. It is also sometimes called a dialect of Polish.
As of 2000, it had some 200,000 speakers, mainly in eastern Pomerania in northern Poland.
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Last updated: 10-24-2004 05:10:45