Wymysorys
Sign in to saveWymysorys (, ), also known as Vilamovian, Wilamowicean, or Wilmesaurisch, is a West Germanic language spoken by the Vilamovian ethnic minority in the town of Wilamowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland ( in Wymysorys), on the border between Silesia and Lesser Poland, near Bielsko-Biała. It is considered an endangered language, possibly the most so of any of the Germanic languages. There are probably fewer than 20 native users of Wymysorys, virtually all bilingual; the majority are elderly.
Key facts
- Language.name
- Wymysorys
- Language.altname
- Vilamovian
- Language.states
- Poland
- Language.region
- Wilamowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
- Language.ethnicity
- Vilamovians
- Language.speakers
- 20
- Language.date
- 2017
- Language.familycolor
- Indo-European
- Language.fam2
- Germanic
- Language.fam3
- West Germanic
- Language.fam4
- Elbe Germanic
- Language.fam5
- (High German)
- Language.fam6
- Central German
- Language.fam7
- East Central German
- Language.fam8
- Schlesisch–Wilmesau
- Language.fam9
- Bielsko-Biała
- Language.script
- Latin
- Language.ancestor
- Proto-Indo-European
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- History
- Revitalisation
- Phonology
- Consonants
- Vowels
- Alphabet
- Example words and their relationship to other languages
- Sample texts
- See also
- Citations
- General and cited references
- Further reading
- External links
Wymysorys (, ), also known as Vilamovian, Wilamowicean, or Wilmesaurisch, is a West Germanic language spoken by the Vilamovian ethnic minority in the town of Wilamowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland ( in Wymysorys), on the border between Silesia and Lesser Poland, near Bielsko-Biała. It is considered an endangered language, possibly the most so of any of the Germanic languages. There are probably fewer than 20 native users of Wymysorys, virtually all bilingual; the majority are elderly.
The status of Wymysorys is complex because, genealogically, it belongs to the East Central dialect group of High German. Nevertheless, based on the self-identification of its users as a group separate from the Germans and the existence of a literary language, it can be considered a separate language.