SILESIAN, LOWER: a language of Poland

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: SLI

ISO 639-2: gem

Population	No estimate available.
Region	Dolny Slask (Lower Silesia). Also spoken in Czech Republic, Germany.
Alternate names	LOWER SCHLESISCH
Classification	Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German.
Comments	Bilingualism in Polish. Even spoken by younger people. There is literature by Gerhard Hauptmann. Different than Upper Silesian, a dialect of Polish.

Also spoken in:

Czech Republic

Language name	SILESIAN, LOWER
Alternate names	LOWER SCHLESISCH
Comments	Different than Upper Silesian, a dialect of Polish. See main entry under Poland.

Germany

Language name	SILESIAN, LOWER
Alternate names	LOWER SCHLESISCH
Comments	Bilingualism in Standard German. Spoken by younger people. There is literature by Gerhard Hauptmann. Different from Upper Silesian, a dialect of Polish. See main entry under Poland.