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Silesian

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Also known as Upper Silesian, Silesian language, Silesian dialect

West Slavic ethnolect

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Silesian language
Wikimedia language code
szl
native label
Ślōnskŏ gŏdka
number of speakers, writers, or signers
457900
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Range of Silesian on a map of East-Central Europe (marked as G1 and G2, in southern Poland and the eastern Czech Republic).

Distribution area of the Silesian language % of population in Opole and Silesian Voivodeships using Silesian on daily basis according to 2021 Polish census

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