Kashubians
Sign in to saveThe Kashubians (; ; ), also known as Cassubians or Kashubs, are a Lechitic (West Slavic) indigenous people native to the historical region of Pomerania, including its eastern part called Pomerelia, in north-central Poland. Their settlement area is referred to as Kashubia. They speak the Kashubian language, which is classified as a separate language closely related to Polish.
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The Kashubians are a West Slavic people native to the Pomerania region of north-central Poland, where they have traditionally lived in an area called Kashubia. They maintain their own distinct language, Kashubian, which is closely related to Polish but classified as a separate language, making them an important cultural and linguistic minority in Poland.
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- Ethnic group.group
- Kashubians
- Ethnic group.native_name
- Kaszëbi
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- Flag and coat of arms of Kashubia
- Ethnic group.population
- in Poland between 500,000 (2002) and 567,000 (2005) of which 179,685 (2021) claim as ethnic-national identity
- Ethnic group.regions
- (diaspora) (diaspora) (diaspora)
- Ethnic group.languages
- Kashubian, Polish (New mixed dialects, Kociewie dialect, Krajna dialect, Bory Tucholskie dialect), historically East Pomeranian & Low Prussian
- Ethnic group.religions
- Roman Catholicism, Protestantism
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- File:Kashubians in the Pomeranian Voivodeship according to the 2021 census.png
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- Population of Kashubians in Pomeranian Voivodeship, 2021
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Article
20 sectionsContents
- Modern Kashubia
- Population
- History
- Historical population
- Reichstag elections (1867–1912)
- Origin
- Administrative history of Kashubia
- Linguistic and cultural influences
- Language
- Cultural traditions
- Today
- Kashubian cuisine
- Genetics
- Diaspora
- Notable Kashubs
- In literature
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The Kashubians (; ; ), also known as Cassubians or Kashubs, are a Lechitic (West Slavic) indigenous people native to the historical region of Pomerania, including its eastern part called Pomerelia, in north-central Poland. Their settlement area is referred to as Kashubia. They speak the Kashubian language, which is classified as a separate language closely related to Polish.
The Kashubs are closely related to the Poles and sometimes classified as their subgroup. Moreover, the vast majority of Kashubians declare themselves as Poles and many of them have a Polish-Kashubian identity. The Kashubs are grouped with the Slovincians as Pomeranians. Similarly, the Slovincian (now extinct) and Kashubian languages are grouped as Pomeranian languages, with Slovincian (also known as Łeba Kashubian) either a distinct language closely related to Kashubian, or a Kashubian dialect.