Kashubian language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Kashubian |
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| Kaszëbsczi jãzëk | |
| Native to |  Poland |
| Region | Pomerania |
| Native speakers | 50,000 (date missing) |
| Language family |
Indo-European
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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 |
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.
Images for kids
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Kashubian language Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland (2011 census)
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Kashubian dialects area in the early 20th century
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Percentage of people that speak Kashubian at home (2002)
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Two bilingual signs in Garcz in Kashubia with the Polish name above and the Kashubian name below
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Bilingual sign in Polish and Kashubian in Pogórze, Puck County, Poland, on road from Gdynia to Rewa
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Page of Stefan Ramułt Pomeranian (Kashubian language) Dictionary 1893
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Map showing regions in Poland where Kashubian is recognized as a regional language (orange) and where it could qualify in the upcoming years (yellow)
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Church of the Pater Noster, Mount of Olives, Jerusalem. Lord's Prayer in Kashubian
See also
In Spanish: Idioma casubio para niños
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