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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Europe > Poland > Silesian, Upper

Silesian, Upper

A language of Poland

ISO 639-3sli

Population  12,000 in Poland. Population total all countries: 22,900.
Region  Upper Silesia. Also in Czech Republic.
Alternate names   Upper Schlesisch
Classification  Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German
Language use  There is literature by Gerhard Hauptmann. Also use Polish [pol].
Comments  Different from Lower Silesian, a dialect of Polish [pol].

Also spoken in:

Czech Republic

Language name   Silesian, Upper
Population  10,900 in Czech Republic (2001 census).
Alternate names  Upper Schlesisch
Comments  Different from Lower Silesian, a dialect of Polish [pol].