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| Lower Silesian language Schlesisch1 |
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| Spoken in: | Poland Czech Republic, Germany1 | |
| Region: | Dolny Śląsk (Lower Silesia). Also spoken in Czech Republic, eastern Germany (Görlitz). | |
| Total speakers: | unknown1 | |
| Language family: | Indo-European Germanic West Germanic High German East Middle German1 Lower Silesian language |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | gem | |
| ISO 639-3: | sli | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Lower Silesian language or simply Silesian (German: Schlesisch), is a German dialect/language spoken in Lower Silesia. Today, the area is mainly in southwestern Poland, but as well as in northeastern Czech Republic and in eastern Germany.
The group of dialects is nearly extinct.
The German Silesian dialect is part of the East Central German language area with some West Slavic influences. After the expulsion of the Germans east of the Oder-Neisse line, German Silesian culture and language nearly died out when Silesia came under Polish administration. Authorities banned the remaining persecuted German minority from speaking their native language. There are still unresolved feelings on the sides of both Poles and Germans, largely because of Nazi Germany's atrocities committed against the Poles and the forced Expulsion of Germans from Poland after World War II from areas that presently constitute roughly the western half of modern Poland, but were historical eastern Germany for many centuries.
The German Silesian dialect is not recognized by the Polish State in any way, although the status of the German minority in Poland has improved much since 1991.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Ethnologue entry
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