The paper discusses and analyses the situation of regional languages in Poland against the background of phenomena taking place in Europe. The phenomena discussed include language extinction, language revival and raising the prestige of linguistic varieties generally considered inferior to recognised languages, i.e. state, national or official ones.
The paper dedicated to the phenomenon of Wilamowicean theatre is com-posed of two parts presenting a different research approach. A review written by a literature scholar of the latest performance in the Wilamowicean repertoire serves as the basis for commentary built around it by a sociolinguist, dedicated to the situation of the Wilamowicean language, its history and revival. The paper also presents other processes of revival of minor languages using theatrical tools.
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