Kashubian language
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Kashubian | |
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Cassubian | |
Kaszëbsczi jãzëk | |
Native to | ![]() |
Region | Pomerania |
Ethnicity | Kashubs |
Native speakers | 100,800 |
Early form | 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 |
ELP | Kashubian |
Kashubian or Cassubian [1] is a Lechitic language, a kind of Slavic language.[2][3] It is spoken in the Polish region of Pomerania.
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.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 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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