Silesian language

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The Silesian language is a West Slavic language or dialect spoken primarily in the Silesia region of Poland and neighboring areas, characterized by features transitional between Polish, Czech, and German influences.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf West Slavic language
lect
minority language
regional language
consideredBySomeAs dialect of Polish
hasAlternativeName Silesian
Upper Silesian
gwara śląska
język śląski
ślōnskŏ gŏdka
ślůnsko godka
hasAncestor Czech language
Old Polish language
Polish language
Proto-Slavic language
hasCensusCategory język śląski
hasControversialStatus language-dialect dispute
hasCulturalRegion Cieszyn Silesia NERFINISHED
Opole Silesia NERFINISHED
Upper Silesia
hasDialects Cieszyn Silesian NERFINISHED
Opole Silesian NERFINISHED
Silesian of Gliwice region
Silesian of Katowice region
Silesian of Opava region
Silesian of Rybnik region
Upper Silesian
hasDigitalPresence Wikipedia in Silesian
online news portals in Silesian
hasEstimatedSpeakers over 500000
over 800000
hasEthnicGroup Cieszyn Silesians
Polish Silesians
Silesians
Upper Silesians
hasGlottocode sile1253
hasISO639-3Code szl
hasLanguageBranch Balto-Slavic languages
hasLanguageCode szl
hasLanguageFamily Indo-European languages
hasLanguageGroup West Slavic languages
hasLanguageSubgroup Lechitic languages
hasLexicalFeature Czech loanwords
large number of German loanwords
lexical items distinct from standard Polish
hasLinguasphereCode 53-AAA-ca
hasMorphologicalFeature rich inflectional morphology
hasNeighbouringLanguages Czech language
German language
Moravian dialects
Polish language
hasNotableAuthor Henryk Waniek
Stanisław Ligoń
Wilhelm Szewczyk
Zbigniew Kadłubek
hasOrthography Felicjan orthography
Steuer orthography
Ślabikorz orthography
hasPhonologicalFeature nasal vowels similar to Polish
vowel system influenced by German
hasRegulatoryBody Rada Języka Śląskiego
hasStandardizationEffort codification of grammar
development of unified orthography
publication of dictionaries
hasStandardizationStatus partially standardized
hasSyntacticFeature Slavic free word order
hasWritingSystem Latin script
influencedBy Austro-Bavarian language
Czech language
German language
Polish language
Yiddish
recognizedAs regional language in some classifications
spokenIn Berlin
Brandenburg NERFINISHED
Czech Republic
Germany
Lower Silesian Voivodeship NERFINISHED
Lubusz Voivodeship NERFINISHED
Moravian-Silesian Region
Opole Voivodeship NERFINISHED
Poland
Saxony NERFINISHED
Silesia
Silesian Voivodeship NERFINISHED
subclassOf Indo-European language
Lechitic language
Slavic language
usedFor folk literature
local media
popular music
theatre
usedIn education at local level in some schools

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