Slovincian
(slɒˈvɪnsɪən)
Also Slovintian, Slovinzian.
[f. F. Slovince, ad. G. Slowinze, f. Kashubian Słovinsći + -ian.]
An extinct dialect of Kashubian.
| 1883 Trans. Philol. Soc. 1880–1 373 With regard to Baltic Slavonic, represented by its only surviving dialects, Slovintian and Cassubian, I shall treat it as an independent language. 1934, 1935 [see Kashube]. 1939 L. H. Gray Foundations of Lang. 355 Polish (closely connected with Kashubian and Slovincian). 1965 G. Y. Shevelov Prehist. Slavic i. 1 Slovincian was still extant in the early twentieth century in the district of Slupsk, now in north⁓western Poland. 1972 W. B. Lockwood Panorama Indo-Europ. Lang. 158 Due west of the present Kashubian area lies the district of Slupsk (Stolp), where autochthonous Slavonic survived until the end of the last century, when it was entirely supplanted by German; here the dialects were locally termed Slovinzian. 1974 [see Pomeranian a.]. |