Kashubian language

Kashubian

Spoken in:	Poland Canada
Total speakers:	0.2 Million
Ranking:	not ranked
Genetic classification:	Indo-European  Slavic   West    Lekhitic     Kashubian
Official status
Official language of:	in some counties of Pomeranian Voivodship, Poland,
ISO 639-2:	sla
SIL:	CSB

Kashubian, Cassubian (one of the Pomeranian dialects) is one of the Lekhitic languages, which are a group of Slavonic languages.

It is assumed that in year 1000 it was 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.

In 2000 it has some 200,000 speakers mainly in Eastern Pomerania in north Poland.

Sometimes called a dialect of Polish.

See also

• Kashubian-Pomeranian Association
• Gdansk Pomerania
• Pomerania
• Pomeranians
• Kashubian
• Pomeranian language

• Kashubian language Wikipedia