Wilmesaurisch

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Wilmesaurisch

Spoken in

Poland ( Wilamowice )
speaker about 100
Linguistic
classification
Language codes
ISO 639 -1

-

ISO 639 -2

gem (other Germanic languages)

ISO 639-3

wym

Wilmesaurisch ( Wymysiöeryś ) is a microliterature language that developed from a Central German dialect and is spoken in the small town of Wilamowice on the border between Silesia and Lesser Poland (Wilmesaurisch: Wymysoü , German: Wilmesau ) near Bielsko-Biała .

There are currently around 100 native speakers , mostly older people; Wilmesaurisch is therefore a language threatened with extinction .

history

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Wilmesaurisch seems to be derived from Central German of the 12th century, with strong Low German , Dutch , Polish and English influence.

It is likely that the inhabitants of Wilamowice are descendants of Flemish, German and Scottish settlers who colonized Poland in the 13th century. However, the residents of Wilamowice always rejected possible connections with Germany and insisted on their Flemish origins.

Wilmesaurisch was the colloquial language in Wilamowice until 1945/1949. After the Second World War , local communists banned the use of the language. Although the ban was lifted after 1956, Wilmesaurisch has gradually been replaced by Polish, especially in the younger generations.

In 2007, the Wilmesauric language was recognized by the US Library of Congress as a separate language. One year later, Wilmesauric was recognized as a language through its inclusion in the Ethnologue and two years later by UNESCO. However, to this day there are Polish researchers who continue to hold the view that it is only a dialect and not a language. In Wilmesau, the fight continues to have the language recognized as such in Warsaw.

alphabet

a ao b c ć d e f G H i j k ł l m n ń O ö p q r s ś t u ü v w y z ź ż
A. AO B. C. Ć D. E. F. G H I. J K Ł L. M. N Ń O Ö P Q R. S. Ś T U Ü V W. Y Z Ź Ż

dictionary

A short dictionary of Wilmesaur with German, Dutch and English translations ( ł is spoken in Wilmesaur as / w / and w as / v /):

Wilmesaurisch German Dutch English
ałan alone avenues alone
ana, an and en other
bryk bridge brug bridge
duł stupid dom dull
fulgia hear / follow listen / volgen to hear / to follow
ganc all goose entirely
gyrycht dish fair court
dyr hymuł the sky de hemel the heaven
łiwa love rande love
a mikieła a little bit een beetje a bit (cf. Old English "micel")
mother mother moeder mother
mytuł center middel middle
nimanda no one no one no one
ny No no no
dreary Breath ( breath ) adem breath (Old English "ǽðm")
olifant elephant olifant elephant
öwyt Eve avond evening
śrajwa write schrijven to write (cf. English "to scribe")
syster sister zuster sister
śtaen stone steen stone
trynkia drink drink to drink
world world wereld world
wynter winter winter winter
zyłwer silver cilver silver
zyjwa seven zeven seven
sgiöekumt welcome welkom welcome

Wilmesaur lullaby

Śłöf maj büwła fest!
Skumma fremdy gest,
Skumma müma ana fetyn,
S'brennia nysła ana epułn,
Śłöf dy Jasiu fest!

Translation:

Sleep tight my boy!
Foreign guests come
Aunts and cousins ​​come
They bring nuts and apples
Sleep tight, Jasiu.

literature

Web links

Commons : Category: Józef Gara  - album with pictures, videos and audio files
Test Wikipedia in Wilmesaurisch
Wiktionary: Wilmesaurisch  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Worth knowing about the Wilmesaurischen language accessed in October 2017