Silesian language

E63001

West Slavic language lect minority language regional language

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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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Silesian language canonical	12
Silesian	7
Silesian German	1
Silesian of Gliwice region	1
Silesians	1
Upper Silesian	1
język śląski	1

Statements (93)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	West Slavic language ⓘ lect ⓘ minority language ⓘ regional language ⓘ
consideredBySomeAs	dialect of Polish ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Silesian language ⓘ surface form: Silesian Silesian language ⓘ surface form: Upper Silesian gwara śląska ⓘ Silesian language ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Opole Silesia ⓘ Upper Silesia ⓘ
hasDialects	Cieszyn Silesia ⓘ surface form: Cieszyn Silesian Opole Silesia ⓘ surface form: Opole Silesian Silesian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 Silesia ⓘ surface form: Cieszyn Silesians Silesians ⓘ surface form: Polish Silesians Silesians ⓘ Silesians ⓘ surface form: Upper Silesians
hasGlottocode	sile1253 ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code	szl ⓘ
hasLanguageBranch	Balto-Slavic languages ⓘ
hasLanguageCode	szl ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
hasLanguageGroup	West Slavic languages ⓘ
hasLanguageSubgroup	Kashubian language ⓘ surface form: 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 German ⓘ surface form: Austro-Bavarian language Czech language ⓘ German ⓘ surface form: German language Polish language ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ
recognizedAs	regional language in some classifications ⓘ
spokenIn	Berlin ⓘ Brandenburg ⓘ Czech Republic ⓘ Germany ⓘ Lower Silesian Voivodeship ⓘ Lubusz Voivodeship ⓘ Moravian-Silesian Region ⓘ Opole Voivodeship ⓘ Poland ⓘ Saxony ⓘ Silesia ⓘ Silesian Voivodeship ⓘ
subclassOf	Indo-European language ⓘ Lechitic language ⓘ Slavic language ⓘ
usedFor	folk literature ⓘ local media ⓘ popular music ⓘ theatre ⓘ
usedIn	education at local level in some schools ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Slavs → hasSubgroup → Silesian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Silesians

West Slavs → usesLanguage → Silesian language ⓘ

Central German languages → hasPart → Silesian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Silesian German

Slovak language → closelyRelatedTo → Silesian language ⓘ

Silesian language → hasDialects → Silesian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Silesian of Gliwice region

Silesian language → hasAlternativeName → Silesian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Silesian

Silesian language → hasAlternativeName → Silesian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Silesian

Silesian language → hasAlternativeName → Silesian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: język śląski

Kashubian language → closelyRelatedTo → Silesian language ⓘ

Czech language → closelyRelatedTo → Silesian language ⓘ

Proto-Slavic language → hasDescendant → Silesian language ⓘ

Upper Silesia → hasLanguage → Silesian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Silesian

Silesian Voivodeship → languageUsed → Silesian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Silesian

Jastrzębie-Zdrój → minorityLanguage → Silesian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Silesian

Rada Języka Śląskiego → nativeLabelLanguage → Silesian language ⓘ

Rada Języka Śląskiego → appliesToLanguage → Silesian language ⓘ

Ślabikorz orthography → language → Silesian language ⓘ

Wikipedia in Silesian → language → Silesian language ⓘ

Wikipedia in Silesian → contentLanguage → Silesian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Silesian

Cieszyn County → hasMinorityLanguage → Silesian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Silesian

Lechitic languages → hasLivingMember → Silesian language ⓘ

Zbigniew Kadłubek → languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned → Silesian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Silesian

Polabian language → closelyRelatedTo → Silesian language ⓘ

West Proto-Slavic dialects → historicalBasisOf → Silesian language ⓘ