Silesian, or Schlesisch in German, (ISO 639-2 language code: SLI) is a German dialect spoken in Lower Silesia in todays southwestern Poland as well as in the northeast of the Czech Republic and a part of postwar East Germany. The German Silesian dialect is part of the Middle German language area with some Western Slavic influences. After the expulsion of the German Silesians east of the Oder-Neisse line Silesian culture and language nearly died out, when Silesia came under Polish administration. Authorities banned the remaining German minority from speaking their native language. There are still many unresolved feelings on the sides of both Poles and Germans, largely because of German atrocities committed against the Poles and the subsequent displacement of Germans in areas that constitute roughly the western half of modern Poland, that was accompanied by Polish atrocities as well. A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος, dialektos) is a variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area. ... Lower Silesian voivodship since 1999 Lower Silesia (Polish: Dolny Śląsk, Latin: Silesia Inferior, German: Niederschlesien) is the northwestern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia in Poland, located along the middle Odra River and organized into Lower Silesian Voivodship, (Polish: województwo dolnośląskie) with capital... The expulsion of Germans after World War II was the mass deportation of people considered Germans (both Reichsdeutsche and Volksdeutsche) from Soviet-occupied areas outside the Soviet occupation zone of Germany, and is a major part of the German exodus from Eastern Europe after World War II. The process, which... The Oder-Neisse line (German: , Polish: ) is the border between Germany and Poland. ... Prussian Silesia, 1871, outlined in yellow; Silesia at the close of the Seven Years War in 1763, outlined in cyan (areas now in the Czech Republic were Austrian-ruled at that time) Silesia (Polish: , German: ( ), Czech: ) is a historical region in central Europe. ...

This dialect is not recognized in Poland and there are no known speakers who declared this as their primary language in the last census.

See also

• Common phrases in different languages
• Gerhart Hauptmann

Here is a list of common phrases in different languages. ... Gerhart Hauptmann Gerhart Hauptmann (November 15, 1862 - June 6, 1946), German dramatist, was born on at Obersalzbrunn, Prussia (now Szczawno Drój, Poland) in Silesia, the son of a hotel-keeper. ...

External link

• Ethnologue report for Lower Silesian