Texas Silesian
Texas Silesian (Silesian: teksasko gwara) is a language used by Texas Silesians in American settlements from 1852[1] to the present. It is a variant of Silesian derived from the Opole dialect. The dialect evolved after Silesian exile around the village of Panna Maria.[2] It contains a distinctive vocabulary for things which were unknown for Polish Silesians.[3]
Texas Silesian is lesser influenced by German because its speakers emigrated before the Kulturkampf, which added a lot of germanisms to the continental Silesian[4] The language is tended by its speakers, but they know it only in the spoken form.[4] Texas Silesian has not been replaced by English because the Silesian community is strongly isolated.[5] Nevertheless, Texas Silesian has adopted some words from English.
One of the characteristic features of Texas Silesian phonetics is so-called mazuration, which means that all cz, sz, ż are pronounced [t͡s, s, z], wheareas in standard Silesian pronunciation they are [t͡ʂ, ʂ, ʐ]. Texas Silesian has given the name for Cestohowa village in Texas - the name is derived from Polish Częstochowa, but, due to this phonetic process, cz became c.[3]
Typical words unlike Silesian
| Texas Silesian | Silesian | English |
|---|---|---|
| turbacyjo[3] | ńyprzileżytość | problem |
| zaszanować[3] | zaszporować | to save money |
| kapudrok[3] | zalůńik | frock coat |
| furgocz[4] | fliger | aeroplane |
| szczyrkowa[3] | no native word | rattlesnake |
| po warszawsku[3] | po polsku | in Polish |
| prastarzik[3] | starzik, uopa | great-grandfather |
| ćeżko[3] | fest | very |
| kole tego[6] | uo tym | about that |
| pokłoud[4] | gipsdeka | ceiling |
| bejbik[7] | bajtel | baby |
| kara[7] | autok | car |
| wjater[7] | luft | air |
| korn | kukurzica | corn |
| farmjyrz | gospodorz | farmer |
| plumzy, piczesy | fyrcichy | peaches |
| garce | buncloki | pots |
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/PP/hlp4.html
- ↑ http://www.tvs.pl/index.php?id_materialu=1253
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 http://web.archive.org/web/20071103173346/http://radiocourier.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=184&Itemid=89
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 http://opole.kik.opoka.org.pl/maj04/art/san%20antonio.htm
- ↑ http://www.niedziela.pl/artykul_w_niedzieli.php?doc=ed200813&nr=2
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20080306083933/http://slunskoeka.pyrsk.com/gysichta.html
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 http://katowice.naszemiasto.pl/inne/specjalna_pozycja/3172_4026.html?pp=7&zd=5
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