Fact Sheet

• Name: Silesian, occasionally also called Upper Silesian.
• Codes:
  • ISO 639-3: szl
  • Glottolog: sile1253
  • ELP: Upper Silesian
  • Linguasphere: 53-AAA-cck, 53-AAA-dam
• Family:
  • Indo-European
    • Balto-Slavic
      • Slavic
        • West Slavic
          • Lechitic
• Region: Silesia
• Ethnicity: Silesians
• Native speakers: 500,000
• Dialects:
  • Upper Silesia
    • Kluczbork
    • Opole
    • Niemodlin
    • Prudnik
    • Gliwice
    • Sułkowice
    • Borderland Silesian-Lesser Polish
    • Borderland Silesian-Lach
    • Cieszyn
    • Jabłonków
  • Lower Silesia
    • Chwalim
  • Outside Silesia
    • Texas (United States)