Silesian German

See also: Silesian language and Lach dialects

Silesian (Silesian: Schläsisch, Schläs’sch, Schlä’sch, Schläsch, German: Schlesisch), Schlasian or Silesian German is a nearly extinct dialect spoken in Silesia.

Silesian
Schlasian, 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	12,000 in Poland 11,000 in Czechia (2001)[1] 11,000 in the Czech Republic (2001 census)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Irminonic High German Central German East Central German Schlesisch–Wilmesau Silesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sli
Glottolog	lowe1388
ELP	Lower Silesian