New Silesian-Texan dictionary preserves Silesian as spoken in South Texas

Are you a proud descendant of Polish immigrants or a fan of languages and dialects? A new Silesian-Texan dictionary, now available for purchase online and from the C Street Gift Shop in Floresville, may be just the thing for you! Sally Sekula Schaefer has compiled Naszo Mowa we Texajsie Slonsko-Texonski Dykcjonorz — Our Mother Tongue in Texas, Dictionary of Texas Silesian, presenting the Silesian language — brought here by immigrants from Silesia who began arriving in the 1850s — as spoken in South Texas. Many descendants of those early settlers still speak the language at home. Silesia is a distinct...

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