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Kashubian
(6,230 words)

Kashubian is a highly structured dialect continuum with, to this day, relatively limited transregional normalization and standardization. In historical terms, Kashubian can be conceptualized as a transitional dialect between the extinct language of the Baltic Slavic (Pomeranian) population and contemporary Polish. For centuries, Kashubian has existed in …

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Menzel, Thomas, “Kashubian”, in: Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics Online, Editor-in-Chief Marc L. Greenberg. Consulted online on 06 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2589-6229_ESLO_COM_032128>
First published online: 2020



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