Kashubian language
- Kashubian language
Infobox Language
name=Kashubian
nativename=kaszëbsczi
familycolor=Indo-European
states=POL, CAN
region=Pomerania
speakers=50,000
fam2=Balto-Slavic
fam3=Slavic
fam4=West Slavic
fam5=Lechitic
fam6=Pomeranian
nation=in official use in some communes ofPomeranian Voivodeship ,Poland
iso2=csb|iso3=csbKashubian or Cassubian (Kashubian: "kaszëbsczi jãzëk", "pòmòrsczi jãzëk", "kaszëbskò-słowińskô mòwa"; _pl. język kaszubski) is one of the
Lechitic languages , a subgroup of theSlavic languages .Kashubian is assumed to have evolved from the language spoken by some tribes of
Pomeranians calledKashubians , in the region ofPomerania , on the southern coast of theBaltic Sea between theVistula and Oder rivers.It is closely related to
Slovincian , and both of them are dialects of Pomeranian. Though the Kashubian language can hardly be understood by Polish speakers, until recently many Polish linguists considered it a dialect of Polish, although this has been caused mostly by political decree.Fact|date=March 2008Similarly to Polish, Kashubian includes numerous
loanword s fromLow German , such as kùńszt ("art"), and some from German. Other sources of loanwords include theBaltic languages , Russian and Polish.The first printed documents in Kashubian date from the end of the 16th century. The modern orthography was first proposed in 1879.
In the
2002 census, 53,000 people in Poland declared that they mainly use Kashubian at home. Research shows that many Kashubian-speaking parents use Polish rather than Kashubian at home, because they believe that if they spoke Kashubian, their children would find it more difficult to learn Polish.Fact|date=February 2007 A number of schools in Poland teach in Kashubian as a lecture language, and it is used as an official alternative language for local administration purposes in parts of thePomeranian Voivodeship .Kashubian is also spoken by Kashubians living in Canada.Gallery
ee also
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Pomeranian language
*Kashubian alphabet
*Kashubian-Pomeranian Association
*Pomerelia
*Gdańsk Pomerania
*Old Prussian language External links
* [http://www.cassubia-slavica.com/ Cassubia Slavica]
* [http://www.ziemiawejherowska.eu Wejherowo Land]
* [http://www.pomeraniapalace.eu Following the trail of manor houses and castles of the Northern Kashubian Region]
* [http://www.powiat.wejherowo.pl/e-urzad/DKPK/index.php Northern Kashubia Heritage]
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