Kashubians (; ; ) also spelled as Kaszubians, Kassubians, Cassubians, Cashubes or Kashubs, and formerly known as Kashubes, are a
West Slavic ethnic group in
Pomerelia, north-central
Poland. Their settlement area is referred to as
Kashubia (, , ). They speak the
Kashubian language, classified either as a separate language closely related to
Polish, or a Polish dialect. In analogy to the linguistic classification, Kashubians are considered either an ethnic or a linguistic group. Kashubians are closely related to
Poles.
