Silesian German

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Silesian German is a historical German dialect spoken in the Silesia region, influenced by both German and Slavic languages.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Silesian German canonical 3
German Silesians 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German dialect
West Germanic language variety
culturalAssociation Silesian Germans NERFINISHED
Silesian regional identity
declineCause Germanization and later Polonization policies
population expulsions after World War II
shift to Polish
shift to Standard German
geographicOrigin historical province of Silesia
hasAlternativeName Schlesisch
Schlesisches Deutsch NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic phonological features distinct from Standard German
regional vocabulary specific to Silesia
strong Slavic loanword influence
hasDialectType East Central German dialect
hasLanguageBranch Germanic languages NERFINISHED
hasLanguageFamily Indo-European languages NERFINISHED
hasLanguageSubbranch West Germanic languages NERFINISHED
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
historicalPeriod 19th century
20th century
Early Modern period
surface form: Early modern period

Middle Ages NERFINISHED
influencedBy Czech language NERFINISHED
Polish language NERFINISHED
Silesian (West Slavic language) NERFINISHED
Slavic languages NERFINISHED
Standard German NERFINISHED
linguisticRelation closely related to other East Central German dialects
related to Lusatian German dialects
related to Saxon dialects
partOf German language NERFINISHED
region Central Europe
spokenIn Austria NERFINISHED
Cieszyn Silesia NERFINISHED
Czech Republic NERFINISHED
Germany NERFINISHED
Lower Silesia NERFINISHED
Poland NERFINISHED
Silesia NERFINISHED
Upper Silesia NERFINISHED
historical region of Prussia
status endangered dialect
historical dialect
subclassOf Central German dialect continuum NERFINISHED
High German dialect
usedBy German-speaking population of Silesia

Referenced by (4)

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

Silesian Lachs ethnonymLanguage Silesian German
Silesian Lachs subgroupOf Silesian German
this entity surface form: German Silesians
Hanna Schygulla ethnicOrigin Silesian German
Upper Saxon closelyRelatedTo Silesian German