Editing Silesian language (section)

== Dialects of Silesian ==
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[[File:Gwary śląskie wg Zaręby.png|thumb|upright 1.2|Map showing the distribution of the Silesian dialects]]

Silesian has many dialects:
* Dialects spoken in areas which are now part of Poland, former [[Prussian Silesia]]:
** [[Kluczbork Silesian dialect]] (1)
** [[Opole Silesian dialect]] (2)
** [[Niemodlin dialect|Niemodlin Silesian dialect]] (3)
** [[Prudnik Silesian dialect]] (4)
** [[Gliwice Silesian dialect]] (5)
** [[Sulkovian dialect|Sulkovian Silesian dialect]]
** Borderland Silesian-Lesser Polish dialect (6a & 6b)
** Borderland Silesian-Lach dialect (9)
* Dialects spoken on both sides of the Czech–Polish border, former [[Austrian Silesia]]:
** [[Cieszyn Silesian dialect]] (7)
** [[Jabłonków Silesian dialect]] (8)
* [[Lower Silesian dialect group]]
** [[Chwalim dialect]]
* [[Lach dialects]] spoken in areas which are now part of the [[Czech Republic]], often considered linguistically apart from the ones mentioned above:
** Opava subdialect
** Ostrava subdialect
** Frenštát subdialect