I know there seems to be some controversy about it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silesian_Autonomy_Movement

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silesian_language

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Silesia

Thanks.
I know in a recent Polish census 200,000 people put Silesian as their nationality rather than Polish.
I used to teach English in a city near Katowice and once I went to Katowice with a Polish friend and was told that some people in Katowice speak a different language (I think I was told German but in fact I guess it's Silesian)
I used to live and work in Sosnowiec, which basically is almost a suburb of Katowice..

hello (:
I've been "selfstudy" (internet blabla) polish now for around 3-4 weeks now ..
I'm still not so good enough to write polish because, its so mutch you have to remember( if I try, there is like 90% grammar failure.. ).
But I can actually read polish very good ^_^
But I have one word i can't figure out how to "compare" it to like . hmm english .. so I can see where I need this word.. I've asked this to a polish friend, but she said that she can't explain/compare it , because its is not word as this in english..

"by" ..
I think it should be similar to
gdybym = If I
Soo .. is that true? that the "by" , is like hm
jesli = if
so , that "by" and "jesli" is similar as "a , i , oraz"?
just another word in a another position of the phrase...

Smutek ma we krwi (a Polish friend wrote it on their Facebook updated status)

I'm about to write to a Polish friend (in English) but wanted to close my email with a nice touch of Polish language

I had a Polish friend, with which I lost contact, and she taught some Polish words. I found it quite interesting! Is there anyone here that knows Polish, or anyone who finds Polish interesting? Is there some way I can learn this language? (I speak many languages, and I know Latin, so Polish it's not hard for me to learn.....I hope!