Obszar językowy litewski w państwie polskim 1927–1933
Lithuanian linguistic territory in the polish state between 1927–1933

Summary/Abstract: Olgierd Chomiński (1884–1943), professor of Stephan Batory’s University in Vilnius, investigated and described in detail the territory and the boundaries of Lithua­nian language in Poland, and presented them in the form of a map published in 1939. Full list of localities and the number of persons speaking Lithuanian (as well as Polish, Belorussian, Russian Old Believers and Yiddish in mutual relations) were arran­ged and discussed successively: uniform areas (Święciany 50 000, Orany 24 000, Puńsk–Sejny 8200) mixed areas (Ejszyszki, Soleczniki, Werenów, Raduń 9500), and linguistic islands (Opsa 2200, Gierwiaty 4000, Dziewieniszki 4200, Łazduny 2500, Wilno–Troki 900 and several dozen people in Zdzięcioł), altogether about 106 000 persons, who could speak or understand Lithuanian language. After the author’s death the materials have been supplemented by Professor Jan Safarewicz, but the whole has been prepared for publication by Leszek Bednarczuk.

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