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Kuyavians

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Kujawiacy
Kujawiacy (Polish)
The historical coat of arms of Kuyavia
Regions with significant populations
Poland (Greater Poland Voivodeship, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship)
Languages
Polish (Greater Poland dialect, Kuyavian subdialect)
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Greater Poland people, Kocievians, Kashubians

Kuyavians[a] is an ethnographic group of Polish people, that originate from the region of Kuyavia, located within the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and eastern Greater Poland Voivodeship in Poland. They speak the Kuyavian subdialect of the Greater Poland dialect cluster of Polish language. The group itself been influenced by nearby groups of Pomeranians and Greater Poland people.[1][2][3]

Notes

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  1. ^ Polish: Kujawiacy, Kujawianie; Kuyavian: Kujawiocy, Kujawusy

References

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  1. ^ Józef Gajek: Skład etniczny Wielkiego Pomorza, vol. 3, no. 1-2. Toruń: Teka Pomorska.
  2. ^ Ryszard Kukier: Regionalizacja etnograficzna Kujaw (na podstawie samookreślenia ludu), vol. 1. Bydgoszcz: Prace Komisji Historii BTN.
  3. ^ Jan Stanisław Bystroń: Etnografia Polski. Poznań: Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza Czytelik, 1947, p. 29.