Silesian German
moribund German dialect spoken in Silesia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Silesian (Silesian: Schläsisch, Schläs’sch, Schlä’sch, Schläsch, German: Schlesisch) or Silesian German is a nearly extinct dialect spoken in Silesia.
| Silesian | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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