Kashubian language

Kashubian
Cassubian
kaszëbsczi jãzëk
Native to Poland
RegionPomerania
EthnicityKashubs
Native speakers
100,800
Early form
Pomeranian
Official status
Official language in
In official use, as a regional language, in some communes of Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Regulated byKashubian Language Council
Language codes
ISO 639-2csb
ISO 639-3csb
ELPKashubian

Kashubian or Cassubian is a Lechitic language, a kind of Slavic language. 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

  1. ↑ Kashubian: kaszëbsczi jãzëk, pòmòrsczi jãzëk, kaszëbskò-słowińskô mòwa; Polish: język kaszubski, język pomorski, język kaszubsko-słowiński
  2. ↑ Stephen Barbour, Cathie Carmichael, Language and Nationalism in Europe, Oxford University Press, 2000, p.199, ISBN 0198236719
  3. ↑ About Languages Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine - University of Leipzig