The Cieszyn Silesian dialect or Teschen Silesian dialect is one of the Silesian dialects. It has its roots mainly in Old Polish and also has strong influences from Czech and German and, to a lesser ex
Rest in peace grave inscription in Cieszyn Silesian dialect.
Bilingual sign written in Cieszyn Silesian and Czech at Gorolski Święto.
The Gorals, also anglicized as the Highlanders, are an ethnographic group with historical ties to the Vlachs. The Goral people are primarily found in their traditional area of southern Poland, norther
Cieszyn Silesian dialect
…As such, from the 1990s the Cieszyn Silesian dialect became an object of the debate, whether Silesian is a separate language or just a dialect. The Gorals in the south of Cieszyn Silesia do not call their dialect Silesian but Goral (Górolski) and have more Vlach and Slovak influence. The language of Cieszyn…
A Goral with bagpipes from the region of Podhale in Poland
The funeral of a Goral, 1860
Zbojniks [pl], colored wood engraving by Władysław Skoczylas
Gorals from Zakopane (1967)