Indo-European · ISO 639-3 csb
Kashubian Language Kaszëbsczi
Kashubian is an Indo-European language spoken by about 108,000 people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Kashubian is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
About the Kashubian language
Kashubian (Kaszëbsczi) is spoken by about 108,000 people, which makes it the 525th most spoken language in the world — just behind Gilbertese (116,280) and ahead of Balanta-Ganja (96,000). It belongs to the Indo-European language family and, more precisely, to the Lechitic group within the Balto-Slavic branch.
Where is Kashubian spoken?
Kashubian is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Poland (50,370).
Kashubian is not a national official language anywhere. It also has regional official status in Poland.
Writing system and status
Kashubian is written in the Latin script. Glottolog classifies it as threatened, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 csb.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.