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Encyclopedia > Pomeranian (language)

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

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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Pomeranians (624 words)
Pomeranians (Pomorzanie) are a group of Slavic tribes living in historical region of Pomerania along the shore of Baltic Sea between Oder and Vistula rivers.
Slovincian is an extinct dialect of the Pomeranian language, spoken between the lakes Gardno and Lebsko in Pomerania.
Pomeranians have two coats, an undercoat and a top coat; the first is soft, thick, and fluffy; the top coat is a long, straight and glistening coat covering the whole body.
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