The Kashubian language is a West Slavic language and is thought to be a variation of the original Pomeranian language. It has characteristics of the Polish, Russian and Czech languages. Because of the years of Prussian control, Kashubian grammar has similarities to the German language. Kashubians pronounce some words similar to Polish but the Kashubian language has seven more letters than the Polish alphabet. Kashubia also has variations in dialect from one part of the region to another.

On January 6, 2005, the Polish Parliament passed the new Minorities and Regional Language Law, in which Kashub was finally acknowledged as a language. 

Website Links about the Kashubian Language

KANA (Kashubian Association of North America) Newsletter Article

Newsletter issue	page	Title/author
Summer 2001	6	A Kashubian Treasure on the Tip of Our Tongue by David Schulist

Article about the Kashubian Language

The Kashubian Language- A Minority Language Spoken in Borderlands As It Was and As It Is Today
by Jadwiga Zieniukowa
Český lid, Vol. 102, No. 1 (2015), pp. 43-54 (12 pages)
Published by: Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences
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Village Signs

When entering Kashubia villages, a street sign is often at the entrance to the village which shows both the Polish spelling and the Kashubian spelling.

Books about the Kashubian Language