Texas Silesian
Texas Silesian (Silesian: teksasko gwara) is a subdialect of the Silesian 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Silesian[4] The language is tended by its speakers, but they know it only in the spoken form.[4] Texas Silesian has not been replaced by English because the Silesian community is strongly isolated.[5] Nevertheless, Texas Silesian has adopted some words from English.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], whereas 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/hlp04
- ↑ "Telewizja TVS". Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "RADIO COURIER". Archived from the original on 3 November 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 http://opole.kik.opoka.org.pl/maj04/art/san%20antonio.htm
- ↑ http://www.niedziela.pl/artykul_w_niedzieli.php?doc=ed200813&nr=2
- ↑ "ŚLŮNSKO EKA - Ze gyšychty našyj godki". Archived from the original on 6 March 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Inne". katowice. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
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