Farther Pomerania - Historical Languages and Dialects

Historical Languages and Dialects

  • primarily German, Ostpommersch variant of Low German
  • in easternmost rural areas Kashubian
  • Slovincian dialect in the rural areas of Leba (Łeba) and Lauenburg (Lębork), roughly Germanized by 1850.

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