Editing Kashubian language (section)

==Speakers==
===Poland===
The number of speakers of Kashubian varies widely from source to source. In the 2021 census, approximately 87,600<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statistics Poland / National Census / National Population and Housing Census 2021 / Final results of the National Population and Housing Census 2021 |url=https://stat.gov.pl/en/national-census/national-population-and-housing-census-2021/final-results-of-the-national-population-and-housing-census-2021/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=stat.gov.pl}}</ref> people in Poland declared that they used Kashubian at home, a decrease from over 108,000<ref name="Kaszubi w statystyce">{{cite web |title=Kaszubi w statystyce (cz. III), Tabela 3. (Table 3.) |url=http://kaszebsko.com/uploads/historia/Histori%C3%B4%20Kasz%C3%ABb%C3%B3w%20%2819%29III.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231052041/http://kaszebsko.com/uploads/historia/Histori%C3%B4%20Kasz%C3%ABb%C3%B3w%20(19)III.pdf |archive-date=2015-12-31 |access-date=2016-01-03 |page=7/10 |language=pl}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> in the 2011 census. Of these, only 1,700 reported speaking exclusively in Kashubian within their homes, down from 3,800 in 2011. However, experts caution that changes in census methodology and the socio-political climate may have influenced these results.<ref name=":0" /> The number of people who can speak at least some Kashubian is higher, around 366,000.<ref name="polen-analysen">{{Cite journal|date=September 2011|title=Polen-Analysen. Die Kaschuben|url=http://www.laender-analysen.de/polen/pdf/PolenAnalysen95.pdf|journal=Länder-Analysen|language=de|volume=Polen NR. 95|pages=10–13|access-date=2018-04-26|archive-date=2022-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829061858/https://www.laender-analysen.de/polen/pdf/PolenAnalysen95.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Kaschuben heute2">{{cite web|url=http://instytutkaszubski.republika.pl/pdfy/angielski.pdf|title=The Kashubs Today: Culture-Language-Identity|date=2007|pages=8–9|language=en|access-date=2016-01-03|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304134213/http://instytutkaszubski.republika.pl/pdfy/angielski.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://docplayer.pl/57273906-Instytut-kaszubski-acta-cassubiana-tom-xvii.html|title=Acta Cassubiana. Vol. XVII (map on p. 122)|date=2015|website=Instytut Kaszubski|access-date=9 February 2018|archive-date=10 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210002849/http://docplayer.pl/57273906-Instytut-kaszubski-acta-cassubiana-tom-xvii.html|url-status=live}}</ref> All Kashubian speakers are also fluent in Polish. A number of schools in Poland use Kashubian as a teaching language. It is an official alternative language for local administration purposes in [[Gmina Sierakowice]], [[Gmina Linia]], [[Gmina Parchowo]], [[Gmina Luzino]] and [[Gmina Żukowo]] in the [[Pomeranian Voivodeship]]. Most respondents say that Kashubian is used in informal speech among family members and friends.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wilkuer.de/forschung/191-204_stanulewicz_final_js_wk_js.rtf|title=The Use of the Kashubian Language from the Perspective of Young People Aged 16–19: Settings and Participants|last=Stanulewicz|first=Danuta|date=2010|access-date=April 21, 2016|archive-date=June 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602040830/http://www.wilkuer.de/forschung/191-204_stanulewicz_final_js_wk_js.rtf|url-status=dead}}</ref> This is most likely because Polish is the official language and spoken in formal settings.

===Americas===
During the [[Kashubian diaspora]] of 1855–1900, 115,700 Kashubians emigrated to [[North America]], with around 15,000 emigrating to [[Brazil]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Statystyka ludności kaszubskiej|last=Ramułt|first=Stefan|year=1899|location=Krakow|pages=243}}</ref> Among the Polish community of [[Renfrew County, Ontario]], Kashubian is widely spoken to this day, despite the use of more formal Polish by parish priests.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Blank |first1=Joshua C. |title=Creating Kashubia: History, Memory and Identity in Canada's First Polish Community |date=2016 |publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press |isbn=9780773547209 |url=https://www.mqup.ca/creating-kashubia-products-9780773547209.php |access-date=2019-12-12 |archive-date=2019-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212034412/https://www.mqup.ca/creating-kashubia-products-9780773547209.php |url-status=live }}</ref> In [[Winona, Minnesota]], which Ramułt termed the "Kashubian Capital of America",<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kashubian Capital of America |url=http://bambenek.org/winona-2/kashubian-capital-of-america/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=bambenek.org |archive-date=2017-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809043153/http://bambenek.org/winona-2/kashubian-capital-of-america/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Kashubian was regarded as "poor Polish," as opposed to the "good Polish" of the parish priests and teaching sisters. Consequently, Kashubian failed to survive Polonization and died out shortly after the mid-20th century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bambenek.org/winona-2/congregational-history-of-st-stans/|title=A Congregational History of Saint Stan's|last=Stolpa|first=James|date=2005|access-date=2017-08-08|archive-date=2017-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809043031/http://bambenek.org/winona-2/congregational-history-of-st-stans/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Kashubian language and nationality.png|thumb|center|600px|Kashubian language [[Pomeranian Voivodeship]], Poland (2011 census)]]