Pomeranian language

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

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Pomeranian was also 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. Accroding 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.\nOther 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 Immigration

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

See also

\n* Kashubian-Pomeranian Association Category:Low German languages\nCategory:Slavic languages