Kashubian
West Slavic language spoken in Poland
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Summary
Kashubian is a natural language[1]. Kashubian draws 5,118 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #98 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Poland[3], United States[4], Canada[5]
- Instance of: modern language[6]
- Subclass of: Lechitic[7]
- Writing system: Latin script[8]
- Commons category: Kashubian language[9]
- Wikimedia language code: csb[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kashubian language[11]
- Language regulatory body: Kashubian language council[12]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 108,000[13]
- Topic has template: Шаблон:Кашубский язык[14]
- Native label: Kaszëbsczi jãzëk[15], Kaszëbskô mòwa[16]
- Short name: кашубский[17]
- Different from: Kashubians[18]
- UNESCO language status: 4 severely endangered[19]
- Indigenous to: Pomeranian Voivodeship[20]
- Studied by: Kashubian studies[21]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/CSB[22]
- Ethnologue language status: 8a Moribund[23]
- Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object[24]
- Has grammatical gender: feminine[25], masculine[26]
- Maintained by WikiProject: Obelepédia[27]
- Related category: Category:Kashubian pronunciation[28]
- Category for music in this language: Category:Kashubian-language music[29]
- P14541: 4YhASu[30]
Why It Matters
Kashubian has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Kashubian is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]