What is Silesian German?
{{See also|Silesian language|Lach dialects}} {{Infobox language | name = Silesian | altname = Lower Silesian, Silesian German | nativename = ''Schläsisch'', ''Schläs’sch'', ''Schlä’sch'', ''Schläsch'' | states = [[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]]) | speakers = 12,000 in Poland | date = no date | ref = e16 | speakers2 = {{sigfig|10,900|2}} in the Czech Republic (2001 census) | familycolor = Indo-European | fam2 = [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] | fam3 = [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]] | fam4 = [[Elbe Germanic|Irminonic]] | fam5 = [[High German languages|High German]] | fam6 = [[Central German]] | fam7 = [[East Central German]] | fam8 = Schlesisch–Wilmesau | nation = | iso3 = sli | glotto = lowe1388 | glottorefname = Lower Silesian }} '''Silesian''' (Silesian: ''Schläsisch'', ''Schläs’sch'', ''Schlä’sch'', ''Schläsch'', [[German language|German]]: ''Schlesisch'') or '''Silesian German''' is a nearly extinct dialect spoken in [[Silesia]]. == References == {{reflist}} {{europe-stub}} [[Category:German dialects]] [[Category:Languages of Germany]] [[Category:Languages of Poland]] [[Category:Czech Republic]]