Original sentence: It still is placed in the West Slavic branch of Slavic languages, together with Polish, Upper and Lower Sorbian, and other Lekhitic languages) as well as Czech and Slovak.Polish speakers can understand some words, though.Silesian (cataloged as Upper Silesian] in Ethnologue) is spoken in the region of Silesia.The issue of whether Silesian is a dialect or a language can be contentious since some Silesians consider themselves to be a distinct ethnic minority or nationality within Poland and some people disagree with this.When classified as a dialect, it is the most prominent regional dialect of the Polish language which is classified in the West Slavic branch of Slavic languages.When classified as a language, it is considered closely related to Polish and then Czech with some influence from German.While mutual intelligibility is not the sole determinant of when a spoken dialect becomes a separate language, Silesian is not mutually intelligible with Polish
Edited sentence: Silesian (cataloged as Upper Silesian in Ethnologue) is the most prominent dialect of the Polish language, classified as a Slavic language.This article is a stub.You can help Wikipedia by fixing it