 | This article's factual accuracy is disputed. (November 2020) |
| Wymysorys | |
|---|---|
| Vilamovian | |
| Wymysiöeryś | |
| Pronunciation | IPA: [vɨmɨˈsʲøːrɪɕ] |
| Native to | Poland |
| Region | Wilamowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
| Ethnicity | Vilamovians |
Native speakers | 20 (2017)[1] |
Early forms | |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wym |
| Glottolog | wymy1235 |
 Wymysorys is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2] | |
  Wymysorys  Wymysorys | |
| Coordinates: 49°55′N 19°09′E / 49.92°N 19.15°E | |
Wymysorys (Wymysiöeryś, pronounced [vɨmɨˈsʲøːrɪɕ, vɨmɨˈɕœ̯ɛrɪɕ]),[3][4] also known as Vilamovian or Wilamowicean, is a West Germanic language spoken by the Vilamovian ethnic minority in the town of Wilamowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland (Wymysoü in Wymysorys), on the border between Silesia and Lesser Poland, near Bielsko-Biała.[5][6] It is considered an endangered language,[5] possibly the most so of any of the Germanic languages.[7] There are probably fewer than 20[1] native users of Wymysorys, virtually all bilingual; the majority are elderly.[5]
The status of Wymysorys is complex because, genealogically, it belongs to the East Central dialect group of High German. Nevertheless, based on the self-identification of its users as a group separate from the Germans and the existence of a literary language (or, more precisely, a microlanguage), it can be considered a separate language.
It belongs to the dialect group of the former Bielsko-Biała language island, which includes the Alzenau dialect.
- ^ a b Wicherkiewicz, Tomasz; Król, Tymoteusz; Olko, Justyna [in Polish] (10 November 2017). "Awakening the Language and Speakers' Community of Wymysiöeryś". European Review. 26 (1): 179–191. doi:10.1017/s1062798717000424. ISSN 1062-7987.
- ^ Moseley, Christopher, ed. (2010). Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. Memory of Peoples (3rd ed.). Paris: UNESCO Publishing. ISBN 978-92-3-104096-2. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ Mojmir, Hermann [in German] (1930), "Wörterbuch der deutschen Mundart von Wilamowice" [Dictionary of the German dialect of Wilamowice], S-Z (in German), Kraków: Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, p. 532
- ^ Wolański, Adam [in Polish] (13 January 2020), wilamowicki czy wilamowski? – Poradnia językowa PWN [Wymysorys or Wymysorys?] (in Polish), Polish Scientific Publishers PWN, retrieved 30 April 2020
- ^ a b c "Wymysorys". Ethnologue.
- ^ "Documentation for ISO 639 identifier: wym". SIL International.
- ^ Andrason, Alexander; Król, Tymoteusz (2016). A Grammar of Wymysorys (PDF). Slavic and East European Resource Center. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University.