Silesian language

Silesian or Upper Silesian (Silesian: ślōnskŏ gŏdka / ślůnsko godka [ˈɕlonskɔ ˈɡɔtka]; Czech: slezština; Polish: gwara śląska, język śląski, etnolekt śląski; German: Schlonsakisch, Wasserpolnisch (pej.)) from the West Slavic language family. Some linguists say that it is a dialect of Polish, because of big similarities between these languages. It is mostly spoken in Poland, but also in the Czech Republic and Germany.

Silesian
Upper Silesian
ślōnskŏ gŏdka ślůnsko godka
Pronunciation	[ˈɕlonskɔ ˈɡɔtka]
Native to	Poland (Silesian Voivodeship, Opole Voivodeship), Czech Republic (Moravia–Silesia, Jeseník)
Region	Upper Silesia / Silesia
Ethnicity	Silesians
Native speakers	510,000 (2011 census)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic West Slavic Lechitic[2] Silesian
Early form	Old Polish
Writing system	Latin script (Silesian alphabet)[3]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	szl
Glottolog	sile1253
ELP	Upper Silesian
Linguasphere	53-AAA-cck, 53-AAA-dam

Range of Silesian on a map of East-Central Europe (marked as G1 and G2, in southern Poland and the eastern Czech Republic).