Slovincians

Slovincians
Slɵvjĩnstvɵ (Slovincian)
Słowińcë (Kashubian)
Słowińcy (Polish)
Slowinzen (German)
Group of Slovincians
Regions with significant populations
Poland (Pomeranian Voivodeship)
Germany
Languages
Kashubian, Polish (New mixed dialects), Low German (historically East Pomeranian), High German, Slovincian (historically)
Religion
Lutheranism
Related ethnic groups
Kashubians, Poles

Slovincians, also known as Łeba Kashubians, is a near-extinct ethnic subgroup of the Kashubian people, who originated from the north western Kashubia, located in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, from the area around the lakes of Łebsko and Gardno. In the aftermath of World War II, Slovincians emigrated en masse to Germany, with the last families emigrating there in the 1980s. They originally spoke the Slovincian language, which went extinct in the early 20th century, as well as Kashubian, Polish, German and Low German.