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Wilamowicien

Wilamowicien
Wymysery
Spoken in Poland
Region Silesia
Classification by family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ( en ) wym
IETF wym
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Wilamowicienne language (in the vernacular: Wymysiery; in Polish : is a Germanic language spoken in the small western town of Wilamowice near Bielsko-Biala , on the border between Silesia and Lesser Poland. It is likely that the drift wymysry High German of the twelfth century and has undergone the influence of Low Saxon , the Netherlands , the Frisian , the Polish and Scots.

Summary

/ / History

It is believed that the inhabitants of Wilamowice are descendants of Dutch settlers, German and Scottish settlers who arrived in Poland in the thirteenth century. The inhabitants of Wilamowice have always been opposed to their attachment to Germany and proclaimed their Dutch origins. The wymysry was the vernacular Wilamowice until 1945-1949. After the Second World War , the local Communist authorities have banned the use of language. Although the ban was lifted after 1956, wymysorys was gradually replaced by Polish, especially among younger generations. Currently, there are a hundred speakers, most of whom are elderly, the wymysorys is an endangered language.

The wymysorys was the language in which Biesik Florian wrote his poems in the nineteenth century.

Short Dictionary

A short dictionary of wymysorys with translations in English, German, Dutch. The letter used wymysorys Polish is pronounced like an English w, and w as a letter v:

Wymysorys German Dutch English French
alan allein alleen Alone single
ana, year und in (d) and and
Bryk Brcke brugge bridge bridge
dul dumm domme dummy stupid, stupid
fuylgia Gericht gerecht short court
dyr hym Himmel hemel / haven heaven paradise
Love Liebe lieve love love
has mikiea ein bisschen een beet a bit a little
mutate Mutter moeder mother mother
myttt Mitte middel middle medium
nimanda niemand niemand No one person (not people)
ny nein nee No not
Odum Atem adem breath breath
Oliphant Elefant Oliphant elephant elephant
wyt Abend avond Evening evening
raeiwa schreiben schrijven to "Scribe" write
Syster Schwester Zuster sister sister
taen Stein steen stone stone
trynkia trinken drinken to drink drink
ubroz Bild beeld picture image
welt Welt wereld world World
wynter Winter winter winter winter
zywer Silber zilver Silver money
zyjwa sieben zeven seven seven

Lullaby of example

A lullaby in wymysorys and its French translation:

Slof duy buwa fest!
Skumma frmdy gest,
Skumma muma fettyn ana,
Z 'brennia nysa epun ana,
Slof duy Jas fest!
Sleep, my boy, deeply!
The foreign guests are coming,
Aunts and uncles coming
Bringing nuts and apples,
Sleep, Jeannot, deeply.

Bibliography

Notes

  1. See the Dutch and German volgen folgen 'follow', which also means "understanding, hear, see also the English" follow? In the sense of "understanding"
  2. See Recht German and English right
  3. See the Old English Micel
  4. See the Old English and German m archaic Odem
  5. See English scribe
  6. See the Polish obraz

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