Silesian German
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Silesian, or Schlesisch in German, (ISO 639-2 language code: SLI) is a German dialect spoken in Lower Silesia in today's 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.
This dialect is not recognized in Poland and there are no known speakers who declared this as their primary language in the last census.
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