an American r) (not to be confused with Upper Sorbian, which is a West Slavic language) (Upper Sorbian substrate) New Lusatian German (spoken in the area of settlement of the Sorbs; influenced by the Sorbian languages) South Marchian (Südmärkisch) / South Brandenburgish (East Low German substrate) Berlinerisch / Berlin German (spoken in Berlin) (East Low German substrate) Schlesisch–Wilmesau Silesian German (Lower Silesian German) (Schläsche Sproache / Schläs'sche Sproche) (mainly in Silesia historical region, it was the majority language in Lower Silesia until 1945) (nearly extinct) Lowland Silesian (Neiderländischschläsche) West Silesian (Westschläsche) Middle/Central Silesian (Mittelschläsche) Krauter (Kräuter) (included Breslau, today's Wrocław and Liegnitz, today's Legnica) Brieg-Grottkauer (included Brieg, today's Brzeg) Mountain Silesian (Gebirgsschläsche / Oberländisch) (was also spoken in Czech Silesia) (not to be confused with Upper Silesian which is a West Slavic language related to Polish) Oberländisch Proper / Southwest Silesian (Südostschläsche) Riesengebirgisch (it was spoken by part of the German Bohemians – Deutschböhmen, part of the "Sudeten Germans", a catch-all word for ethnic Germans that lived in Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia, western Czechoslovakia) Glatzian (Glätzisch) (in Glatz (district)) Upper Elbe Silesian German (North Moravian German – Nordmährisch) (moribund, nearly extinct) (was spoken by part of the Sudeten Germans) Upper Oder Silesian German (North German Moravian – Nordmährisch) (in modern Czech Silesia) (it was spoken by part of the German Moravians – Deutschmährer, part of the "Sudeten Germans", a catch-all word for ethnic Germans who lived in Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia, western Czechoslovakia) Upper Silesian German (it was formed by several Germanic language enclaves or language islands in the slavic majority region of Upper Silesia) (included Oppeln, today's Opole) (not to be confused with Upper Silesian which is a West Slavic language related to Polish) Volhynian German (Wolinisch / Wolinisches Hochdeitsch) (spoken by the Volhynian Germans) (until 1945 in scattered communities in Volhynia, northwestern Ukraine) – the dialect was formed with a main Silesian German basis and lesser Alemannic and Swabian (part of High German) contributions but also with a lesser Pomerelian German (part of Low German) contribution. Wilmeserisch-Alzenerisch (Wilmesau-Alzenau) / Wymysiöeryś-Altsnerisch (Vilamovian-Haltsnovian) (in Wymysoü in Wymysorys, Wilmesau in German, Wilamowice in Polish, and Altsnau in Wymysorys, Alzenau in German, and Hałcnów in Polish, two contiguous settlements) (a Germanic language enclave or language island) (nearly extinct) Wymysorys (Wymysiöeryś) (Vilamovian) (spoken in Wymysoü or Wilmesau in German, Wilamowice in Polish, on the border between Silesia and Lesser Poland, near