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ISO 639-3 · slisli
Indo-European family
Silesian German
schläsche Sproache
Silesian German is a language of the Central German branch (Indo-European), spoken in Poland, Germany and Czech Republic. Wikidata counts about 22,900 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “German dialect or language spoken in Silesia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
sli- Glottocode
lowe1388- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 33 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
2scripts
5levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Silesian German · schläsche Sproache |
|---|---|
| Also called | Lower Silesian, sli, Silesian, Schlasian |
| All speakers | 22,900 |
| Written in | Latin script, German alphabet |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Silesian German
The branches above Silesian German, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
414Indo-Europeanfamily60Germanicbranch54West Germanicbranch18High Germanbranch6Central GermanbranchsliSilesian Germanlanguage
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Poland
deuGermanIndo-European · 135 m1 · NationalromRomaniIndo-European · 46 mDefinitely endangeredpolPolishIndo-European · 40.2 m1 · NationalukrUkrainianIndo-European · 34.7 m1 · NationalbelBelarusianIndo-European · 7.9 m1 · NationalhyeArmenianIndo-European · 6.7 m1 · NationallitLithuanianIndo-European · 4 m1 · NationalyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredrueRusynIndo-European · 610,0006a · VigorousrmyVlax RomaniIndo-European · 538,4806b · Threatened