Silesian German
moribund German dialect spoken in Silesia
Silesian (Silesian: Schläsisch, Schläs’sch, Schlä’sch, Schläsch, German: Schlesisch) or Silesian German is a nearly extinct dialect spoken in Silesia.
Silesian | |
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Lower Silesian, Silesian German | |
Schläsisch, Schläs’sch, Schlä’sch, Schläsch | |
Native to | Germany, Poland, Czech Republic |
Region | Silesia; also spoken in Czech Republic and German Silesia (area that was part of Prussian Province of Silesia, more or less around Hoyerswerda, now in Saxony) |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 12,000 in Poland)[1] 11,000 in the Czech Republic (2001 census) |
Indo-European
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | sli |
Glottolog | lowe1388 |
ELP | Lower Silesian |
References
change- ↑ Silesian at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)