Editing Kashubian language (section)

===Related languages===
Many scholars and linguists debate whether Kashubian should be recognized as a [[Polish language|Polish]] dialect or separate language. In terms of historical development, it is a separate [[Lechitic languages|Lechitic]] [[West Slavic languages|West Slavic language]], but, in terms of modern influence, Polish is a prestige language.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=Barbour |editor-first1=Stephen |editor-last2=Carmichael |editor-first2=Cathie |title=Language and nationalism in Europe |date=2002 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0199250851 |page=199 |edition= Repr. }}</ref> Kashubian is closely related to [[Slovincian language|Slovincian]], and both of them are dialects of [[Pomeranian language|Pomeranian]]. Despite this, some [[linguistics|linguists]], in Poland and elsewhere, consider it a divergent dialect of [[Polish language|Polish]]. Dialectal diversity is so great within Kashubian that a speaker of southern dialects has considerable difficulty in understanding a speaker of northern dialects. The spelling and the grammar of Polish words written in Kashubian, which is most of its vocabulary, are highly unusual, making it difficult for native Polish speakers to comprehend written text in Kashubian.<ref name="Finstytut">[http://Finstytutkaszubski.republika.pl/pdfy_acta/Facta_2008_X_01-240.pdf Biuletin Radzëznë Kaszëbsczégò Jazëka rok 2007, Gduńsk.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129162946/http://finstytutkaszubski.republika.pl/pdfy_acta/Facta_2008_X_01-240.pdf |date=2016-01-29 }} Bibiografiô.</ref>

Like Polish, Kashubian includes about 5% [[loanword]]s are from [[German language|High German]] and [[Low German]] (such as ''{{lang|csb|kùńszt}}'' "art"). Unlike Polish, these are mostly from [[Low German]] and only occasionally from [[High German]].<ref>Anna Gliszczyńska. Germanizmy leksykalne południowej kaszubszczyzny (Na materiale książki Bolesława Jażdżewskiego Wspomnienia kaszubskiego "gbura"). "LingVaria". 1 (3), s. 79–89, 2007. Kraków: Uniwersytet Jagielloński. {{ISSN|1896-2122}}.</ref> Other sources of loanwords include the [[Baltic languages]].