200,000 speakers (1993 Johnstone). The left bank of the Lower Vistula
in north central Poland, near the Baltic coast, west of the Bay of Gdansk,
and a narrow strip inland, southwest from Gdynia. Also spoken by possibly
10,000 to 20,000 as second language in Canada, Northern Ontario, around
Barry's Bay west of Ottawa. Indo-European, Slavic, West, Lechitic. Dialects:
KASHUBIAN PROPER, SLOVINCIAN. Heavily Germanicized. There are transitional
dialects between Kashubian Proper, Slovenian, and Polish. Survey needed.
(Excerpt from Ethnologue-Kashubian)
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