Silesian German (Silesian German: Schläsche Sproache/Schläs'sche Sproche, German: Schlesisch), is a German dialect/language spoken in Silesia. Today, the area is mainly in southwestern Poland, but as well as in northeastern Czech Republic and in eastern Germany. The group of dialects is nearly extinct.
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