Silesian German
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- This article is about the Germanic language. For the West Slavic language, see Silesian language. For other uses see Lower Silesian.
| Lower Silesian language Schlesisch[1] |
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| Spoken in: | Poland Czech Republic, Germany[1] | |
| Region: | Dolny Śląsk (Lower Silesia). Also spoken in Czech Republic, eastern Germany (Görlitz). | |
| Total speakers: | unknown[1] | |
| Language family: | Indo-European Germanic West Germanic High German East Middle German[1] Lower Silesian language |
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| ISO 639-1: | none | |
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| 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 in southwestern Poland as well as in the northeastern Czech Republic and a part of eastern Germany.
The German Silesian dialect is part of the East Central German language area with some West Slavic influences. After the expulsion of the German Silesians east of the Oder-Neisse line, German Silesian culture and language nearly died out when Silesia came under Polish administration. Authorities banned the remaining German minority from speaking their native language. There are still unresolved feelings on the sides of both Poles and Germans, largely because of German atrocities committed against the Poles and the forced expulsion of Germans from areas that constitute roughly the western half of modern Poland.
The dialect is not recognized by the Polish State.
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