Editing Kashubian language (section)

==Literature==
{{main|Kashubian literature}}
Important for Kashubian literature was ''Xążeczka dlo Kaszebov'' by [[Florian Ceynowa]] (1817–1881).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Treder |first=Jerzy |title=Piotr Preis, Izmail Sreznevskii, and Kashubia |url=https://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/publictn/slavic_eurasia_papers/no3/06_Treder.pdf |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp |archive-date=2023-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810230724/https://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/publictn/slavic_eurasia_papers/no3/06_Treder.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Hieronim Derdowski]] (1852–1902 in [[Winona, Minnesota]]) was another significant author who wrote in Kashubian, as was [[Aleksander Majkowski]] (1876–1938) from [[Kościerzyna]], who wrote the Kashubian national epic ''[[The Life and Adventures of Remus]]''. [[Jan Trepczyk]] was a poet who wrote in Kashubian, as was [[Stanisław Pestka]]. Kashubian literature has been translated into [[Czech language|Czech]], [[Polish language|Polish]], [[English language|English]], [[German language|German]], [[Belarusian language|Belarusian]], [[Slovene language|Slovene]] and [[Finnish language|Finnish]]. Aleksander Majkowski and [[Alojzy Nagel]] belong to the most commonly translated Kashubian authors of the 20th century. A considerable body of [[Christianity|Christian]] literature has been translated into Kashubian, including the [[New Testament]], much of it by Adam Ryszard Sikora ([[Franciscan|OFM]]).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.franciszkanie.net/artykul/156,291,o_prof_uam_dr_hab_adam_sikora_ofm/ |title= o. prof. dr hab. Adam Sikora OFM - Franciszkanie |access-date= 2011-03-15 |archive-date= 2011-07-23 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131804/http://www.franciszkanie.net/artykul/156,291,o_prof_uam_dr_hab_adam_sikora_ofm/ |url-status= dead }}</ref> Franciszek Grucza<ref>Peter Hauptmann, Günther Schulz, Kirche im Osten: Studien zur osteuropäischen Kirchengeschichte und Kirchenkunde, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2000, pp.44ff, {{ISBN|3-525-56393-0}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=qHL3-GAJE-YC&dq=slowinzen&pg=PA45] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326164813/https://books.google.com/books?id=qHL3-GAJE-YC&dq=slowinzen&pg=PA45|date=2023-03-26}}</ref> graduated from a Catholic seminary in [[Pelplin]]. He was the first priest to introduce [[Catholic liturgy]] in Kashubian.

=== Works ===
The earliest recorded artifacts of Kashubian date back to the 15th century and include a book of spiritual psalms that were used to introduce Kashubian to the Lutheran church:
* 1586  ''Duchowne piesnie (Spiritual songs) D. Marcina Luthera y ynßich naboznich męzow. Zniemieckiego w Slawięsky ięzik wilozone Przes Szymana Krofea... w Gdainsku: przes Jacuba Rhode'', Tetzner 1896: translated from pastorks. [[Szymon Krofej|S. Krofeja]], Słowińca (?) rodem z Dąbia.
* 1643 ''Mały Catechism (Little Catechism) D. Marciná Lutherá Niemiecko-Wándalski ábo Slowięski to jestá z Niemieckiego języká w Słowięski wystáwiony na jáwnosc wydan..., w Gdaińsku przes Jerzego Rhetá'', Gdansk 1643. Pastor smołdziński ks. Mostnik, rodem ze Slupska.
* ''Perykopy smołdzinskie (Smoldzinski Pericope)'', published by Friedhelm Hinze, Berlin (East), 1967
* ''Śpiewnik starokaszubski (Old Kashubian songbook)'', published by Friedhelm Hinze, Berlin (East), 1967