Editing Slovincian language (section)

==Classification==
Lorentz points to shared features between Slovincian and Kashubian such as ⟨ë⟩ for old short ''*i'', ''*y'', ''*u'', and [[:csb:Kaszëbienié|Kashubization]] pointed to five features distinguishing Slovincian as a language distinct from Kashubian:{{sfn|Lorentz|1903|pp=8–9}}
# the diphthongization of Proto-Slavic ''*o'' > Kashubian ⟨ò⟩ after labial and velar consonants is ⟨ô⟩ in Slovincian;
# Kashubian ⟨wò, wù⟩ are pronounced /we, wu/, whereas ⟨w⟩ as /v/ is retained in Slovincian;
# ⟨w⟩, which is always used as a spirant in the final syllable in Kashubian, has become a semi-vowel in Slovincian after ⟨o, ó, ú⟩;
# Slovincian, like Polabian, underwent [[Ł–l merger|bylaczenie]], unlike Kashubian; Lorentz also posits a retention of hard ⟨ł⟩ in some positions, making this a partial merger;
# Slovincian treats class III2C verbs (first person singular ⟨-újã⟩) differently than Kashubian.

Nitsch made the following counterarguments to each point:{{sfn|Nitsch|1908|pp=122—124}}
# the first difference is about as large as some differences between standard Polish and dialects of Polish;
# the second difference is also small;
# this is not a shift of /v/ to a semivowel in some positions but rather a loss of /v/ between the semivowel /u̯/ and a pause;
# this is not partial bylaczenie but rather there was a loss of *l in similar positions as *v, and all other remaining *l merged with *ľ;
# this difference is a neologism created in Slovincian but is ultimately minor.

Since then, most scholars have classified Slovincian as a dialect of Kashubian.{{sfn|Rudnicki|1913|pp=13}}