page_title: Pomeranian language
hierarchical_section_title: Pomeranian language
context_page_description: The Pomeranian language is in the Pomeranian group of Lechitic languages within the West Slavic languages.
  In medieval contexts, it refers to the dialects spoken by the Slavic Pomeranians. In modern contexts, the term is sometimes used synonymously with "Kashubian" and may also include extinct Slovincian.
  The name Pomerania comes from Slavic po more, which means "[land] by the sea".
context_section_description: The Pomeranian language (Polish: pomorszczyzna or język pomorski, German: Pomoranisch or die pomoranische Sprache) is in the Pomeranian group of Lechitic languages (Polish: grupa pomorska języków lechickich, German: die pomoranische Gruppe der lechischen Sprachen) within the West Slavic languages.
  In medieval contexts, it refers to the dialects spoken by the Slavic Pomeranians. In modern contexts, the term is sometimes used synonymously with "Kashubian" and may also include extinct Slovincian.
  The name Pomerania comes from Slavic po more, which means "[land] by the sea".
caption: Stefan Ramułt's Dictionary of the Pomeranian (Kashubian) language, published in Kraków, 1893.
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