Kaszubska tożsamość – powracające pytania o język, status i aktywność grupową
The Kashubian identity – the recurrent questions concerning the language, the status and the group’s activity

Summary/Abstract: National or ethnic minorities are communities exemplifying the processes of collective identity formation or maintenance. Among such communities are the Kashubs, the subject of the authors’ analysis. From one point of view, they might be a regional cultural-ethnic community, from another – an autochthonous regional group or ethnic minority. The status of the Kashubian language has been officially regulated – it is regarded as a regional language, according to the Act of 2005. However, there is no regulation of the group status (recognition as a minority), which is one of the reasons for identity disputes within the group. On one hand, the Kashubian language is in a privileged position, not only thanks to the legal protection, but also large-scale education at schools. On the other hand, the Kashubian language is heading towards extinction in terms of family succession, which poses questions concerning its future. The protection of the language and the development of the Kashubian culture, as well as the strengthening of the Kashubian identity is the chief objective of the Kashubian movement.

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