Indo-European family

Kashubian

c. 1200 CE – today Living

Kashubian (c. 1200 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Slavic → Proto-West Slavic → Kashubian.

See Kashubian on the interactive map
Speakers
88K (88,000)
ISO 639-3
csb
Glottocode
kash1274

Lechitic language of Pomerania, the surviving descendant of Pomeranian. Speaker figure is home use from the 2021 Polish census.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Slavicc. 200 BCE – 600 CE
  3. Proto-West Slavicc. 600 CE – 1000 CE
  4. Kashubianc. 1200 CE – today

Sister languages 6

Also descended from Proto-West Slavic.

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