Kashubian language
Kashubian or Cassubian (endonym: kaszëbsczi jãzëk, Polish: język kaszubski) is a West Slavic language belonging to the Lechitic subgroup along with Polish and Silesian. Although often classified as a language in its own right, it is sometimes viewed as a dialect of Polish.
| Kashubian | |
|---|---|
| kaszëbsczi | |
| Native to | Poland |
| Region | Kashubia |
| Ethnicity | Kashubians and Poles |
Native speakers | 87,600 (2021 census) |
| Latin (Kashubian alphabet) | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Officially recognized as of 2005, as a regional language, in some communes of Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | csb |
| ISO 639-3 | csb |
| Glottolog | kash1274 |
| ELP | Kashubian |
| Linguasphere | 53-AAA-cb |
In Poland, it has been an officially recognized ethnic-minority language since 2005. Approximately 108,000 people use mainly Kashubian at home. It is the only remnant of the Pomeranian language. It is close to standard Polish with influence from Low German and the extinct Polabian (West Slavic) and Old Prussian (West Baltic) languages.
The Kashubian language exists in two different forms: vernacular dialects used in rural areas, and literary variants used in education.
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