Kashubian language

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Kashubian (kaszëbsczi, pòmòrsczi)
Spoken in:	Poland, Canada
Region:	Pomerania, Ontario
Total speakers:	50 thousand
Ranking:	not ranked
Genetic classification:	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic West Slavic Lechitic Kashubian
Official status
Official language of:	in official use in some communes of Pomeranian Voivodship, Poland
Regulated by:
Language codes
ISO 639-1
ISO 639-2	csb
SIL	csb
See also: Language – List of languages

Kashubian or Cassubian (Kashubian: kaszëbsczi jãzëk, pòmòrsczi jãzëk, kaszëbskò-słowińskô mòwa) is one of the Lechitic languages, which are a group of Slavic 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 Slovincian, and both of them are Pomeranian language dialects. Many Polish linguists still call it a dialect of Polish.

In 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.

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Bilingual sign in Polish and Kashubian in Puck, Poland

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Kashubian language

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