The KashubianLanguage is a LechiticLanguage of Poland. SIL code: CSB. ISO 639-2: sla. Population: A few thousand speakers. Most of the ethnic group of over 100,000 speak a regional variety of Polish (1993 Tapani Salminen). Population total both countries 3,000 or more. Region: The left bank of the Lower Vistula in north central Poland, near the Baltic coast, west of the Bay of Gdansk, and a narrow strip inland, southwest from Gdynia. Also spoken in Canada. Alternate names: KASZUBSKI, CASHUBIAN, CASSUBIAN. Dialects: KASHUBIAN PROPER, SLOVINCIAN. Comments: German influences in the language. There are transitional dialects between Kashubian Proper, Slovenian, and Polish. Few children speakers of Kashubian Proper. The Slovincian dialect is extinct. NT 1995.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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