Kashubian
Kaszëbsczi jãzëk
Kashubian is an Indo-European language spoken in Poland, by about 108 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Kashubian () or Cassubian (; endonym: kaszëbsczi jãzëk; Polish: język kaszubski) is a West Slavic language belonging to the Lechitic subgroup.
Approximately 87,600 people use mainly Kashubian at home. It is close to standard Polish with influence from Low German and the extinct Polabian (West Slavic) and Old Prussian (West Baltic) languages, and is the only remnant of the Pomeranian language.
The Kashubian language exists in two different forms: vernacular dialects used in rural areas, and literary variants used in education.
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Words in Kashubian
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | mëma | |
| father | òjc | |
| child | òtrok | |
| man | chłop | |
| woman | białka | |
| person | òsoba | |
| name | miono | |
| friend | przëcél | |
| eye | òkò | |
| ear | ùchò | |
| nose | nos | |
| tooth | ząb | |
| tongue | jãzëk | |
| hand | rãka | |
| heart | serce | |
| head | głowa | |
| blood | krew | |
| bone | gnôt | |
| skin | skóra | |
| knee | kòlano | |
| breast | piers | |
| liver | wątroba | |
| water | wòda | |
| fire | òdżin | |
| sun | słuńce | |
| moon | miesąc | |
| star | gwiôzda | |
| sky | niebò | |
| rain | deszcz | |
| snow | snieg |
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