This map appears to be rather inconsistent with regards to the changes in ethnic and hence language compositions of post WW II Poland and the Czech Republic. The map labels formerly German East Prussia as definitively speaking either Russian (northern East Prussia) or Polish (southern East Prussia) and the formerly German territories of post-WW II Poland speaking "new Polish dialects" while the map leaves as _unlabeled_ the pre-WW II Sudeten regions of the Czech Republic. Those formerly Sudeten German regions of the Czech Republic are at least as "Czech speaking" today as the former East Prussian regions are now "Polish or Russian Speaking." This is not to argue about the justice or injustice of the forcible removal of millions of ethnic Germans from East Prussia, western post-WW II Poland or the pre-WW II region of the Sudetenland. It's just a statement of reality. It should be noted that the map comes originally from a Polish source.
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2008-08-25T20:42:18Z Kpalion 951x1088 (1053557 Bytes) {{Information |Description={{en|Map of languages and dialects of Central and Eastern Europe}} |Source=*[[:Image:Jezyki_i_dialekty_Europa_Srodkowo_Wsch..jpg|]] |Date=2008-08-25 20:40 (UTC) |Author=*derivative work: ~~~ *[[:Ima
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G1 - changed western border (compare my other map: File:Gwary śląskie wg Zaręby.png - sources there); G2 - changed name and classification (this was part of the Polish Cieszyn Silesian, after 1920 evolving towards Czech, but it was absurd that it would be classified as Czech when to South-West was just G1, not differentiated from G1 in Poland! I repeat it was absurd!, therefore I created G3, see below); G3 - created Czech-Silesian also know as Lach dialects, up to 1980s regarded by some...
{{Information |Description={{en|Map of languages and dialects of Central and Eastern Europe}}{{pl|Języki i dialekty Europy Srodkowo-Wschodniej}} {{de|-> * B1 - Kleinpolnisch * B2 - Großpolnisch * B3 - Masowisch * B4 - Hochpolnisch * F - Kaschubisch * G1