Kashubian language
Kashubian or Cassubian [1] is a Lechitic language, a kind of Slavic language.[2][3] It is spoken in the Polish region of Pomerania.
| Kashubian | |
|---|---|
| Cassubian Kaszëbsczi jãzëk | |
| Native to |  Poland |
| Region | Pomerania |
| Ethnicity | Kashubs |
| Native speakers | 100,800 (date missing) |
| Language family | |
| Early forms: | Pomeranian
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| Official status | |
| Official language in | In official use, as a regional language, in some communes of Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland |
| Regulated by | Kashubian Language Council |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | csb |
| ISO 639-3 | csb |
Today the language is taught in some state schools. Since 2005 it has been protected in Poland as a regional language. It is the only language in Poland with this status. The status was given by an act of Polish Parliament on January 6, 2005.
Kashubian Language Media
Kashubian language Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland (2011 census)
Kashubian dialects area in the early 20th century
Church of the Pater Noster, Mount of Olives, Jerusalem. Lord's Prayer in Kashubian
References
- ↑ Kashubian: kaszëbsczi jãzëk, pòmòrsczi jãzëk, kaszëbskò-słowińskô mòwa; Polish: język kaszubski, język pomorski, język kaszubsko-słowiński
- ↑ Stephen Barbour, Cathie Carmichael, Language and Nationalism in Europe, Oxford University Press, 2000, p.199, ISBN 0198236719
- ↑ About Languages Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine - University of Leipzig
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Kashubian language edition. |
