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  2. History of Germans in Poland - Wikipedia

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    The remaining German minority in Poland (152,897 people were registered in the 2002 census) enjoys minority rights according to Polish minority law. There are German speakers throughout Poland, and most of the Germans live in the Opole Voivodship in Silesia. Bilingual signs are posted in some towns of the region.

  3. Languages of Poland - Wikipedia

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    It descends from German Sign Language. Its lexicon and grammar are distinct from the Polish language, although there is a manually coded version of Polish known as System Językowo-Migowy (SJM, or Signed Polish), which is often used by interpreters on television and by teachers in schools. In 2012, under the "Sign Language Act", the language ...

  4. German minority in Poland - Wikipedia

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    German minority in Upper Silesia: Opole Voivodeship (west) and Silesian Voivodeship (east). German minority in Warmia and Masuria. According to the 2021 census, most of the Germans in Poland (67.2%) live in Silesia: 59,911 in the Opole Voivodeship, i.e. 41.6% of all Germans in Poland and a share of 6.57% of the local population; 27,923 in the Silesian Voivodeship, i.e. 19.4% of all Germans in ...

  5. Danzig German - Wikipedia

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    For example, plûz, zuk, Pomuchel (cod), Kujel (boar) are borrowings from the Polish language. [citation needed] The city's official communication employed Low German until 1563, when a letter in Low German was sent to Nieuport, while neighboring Elbing and Braunsberg had switched to High German by the middle of the 15th century. [1]

  6. Wasserpolack - Wikipedia

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    German: "Polish raftsman ()", French: "Polish bondsman", a drawing by Daniel Chodowiecki. Wasserpolack (plural: Wasserpolacken, Wasserpolen) or Wasserpolak ("Water-Pole" [1]) was a pejorative [2] term used for residents of Silesia, who spoke Silesian, which has been described as either one of the Slavic languages or a dialect of Polish., [3] made by the Germans, similar to the term, "Hanys ...

  7. Germanic languages - Wikipedia

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    German is a language of Austria, Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Switzerland; it also has regional status in Italy, Poland, Namibia and Denmark. German also continues to be spoken as a minority language by immigrant communities in North America, South America

  8. List of German names for places in Poland - Wikipedia

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    Polish name German name Type Notes Brda: Brahe: River Długie Lang: Lake Kortowskie Kort: Lake Liwa: Liebe: River Łyna: Alle: River Nogat: Nogat: River Noteć: Netze

  9. Silesian German - Wikipedia

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    Silesian (Silesian: Schläsisch, Schläs’sch, Schlä’sch, Schläsch, German: Schlesisch), Silesian German or Lower Silesian is a nearly extinct German dialect spoken in Silesia. It is part of the East Central German language area with some West Slavic and Lechitic influences.

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