Bartlomej Janizcak – The Endangered Language And Culture Of Wilamowice

If you take a look at the language map of Poland, you will not see much diversity. There is, nevertheless, something incredibly unique hidden in a small town of Wilamowice. More than 700 years ago, settlers from the West founded a village that despite having been surrounded by Polish population for ages, preserved its different culture, identity and language which currently appears to be highly endangered. Locals speak of their Flemish, Frisian or Anglo-Saxon provenience, some argue about German roots. I will share with you the story of Wilamowice and its language called Wymysiöeryś - the most intriguing tongue spoken in my country. Join us at: PolyglotConference.com fb.com/PolyglotConference fb.com/groups/PolyglotConference twitter.com/Polyglot_Confer instagram.com/PolyglotConference The Language Event Join us at: TheLanguageEvent.com fb.com/TheLanguageEvent fb.com/groups/TheLanguaageEventEdinburgh fb.com/groups/TheLanguageEventAuckland fb.com/groups/ThelanguageEventMelbourne twitter.com/PolyglotMeetup instagram.com/TheLanguageEvent Filming & Editing: Simos Batzakis