Kashubians with reference to the civilizational changes

Abstract

The study indicates that Kashubians have been playing an important role among regional communities in Poland. They might be told apart from other regional groups on the basis of differences concerning their ethnical and cultural nature as well as their language. Their characteristics are: the language belonging to West Slavonic group with numerous linguistic elements of German, active involvement in the preservation of specific tradition and customs, unknown in other parts of Poland, separation of political tradition, fluctuating between Polish and German influence. The study provides the image of Kashubian community in the contemporary world conditioned by civilization changes.