Pomeranian language - Definition and Overview

Pomeranian is a group of Lekhitic dialects, sometimes called also the dialects of Polish. In the Middle Ages these dialects were spoken in all territory of Pomerania. According to Florian Ceynowa, today the only living descendand of Lekhitic Pomeranian is Kashubian language spoken in Eastern Pomerania (Pomeranian Voivodship). A dialect of Kashubian language, Slovincian became extinct around 1945. Other dialects used by autochtonic people of Pomerania (Kociewiacy, Borowiacy, Krajniacy) were influenced by Pomeranian/Kashubian, however are considered parts of Great Polish dialect (Krajniacy) and Masurian dialect (Kociewiacy).

Pomeranian (German Pommersch) is an East Low German dialect. It is the language of the German Pomeranians in western Pomerania, which today is included in the Bundesland of Germany called Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It is a form of East Low German with Slavic influence.

Pomeranian Immigration

Pomeranian language in Brazil (see Pomerode, Santa Catarina, Brazil), (see Santa Maria de Jetibá, Espírito Santo, Brazil)

See also

• Kashubian-Pomeranian Association