Gotic, a contributory organization, received a subsidy from the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, program "Support for the implementation of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages for the year 2022; ref. no. 26887/2021-UVCR" for the project "Promotion of the use and preservation of traditional forms of place names in Mosty u Jablunkova" ref. no. EC22009 in the amount of CZK 200,000.
The aim of the project is to support and promote the use and preservation of traditional and correct forms of local names in the Cieszyn (Silesian) dialect, which is a regional variant of Polish, a minority language in our region of Cieszyn Silesia. The aim will be achieved by preparing and publishing a new map with marked local names as they have been used in our municipality for years. That is, the Cieszyn dialect, widely used in the region, will be used so that the names are captured credibly and as people have known them since time immemorial. The names will be given in Polish and Czech transcription. The map will be followed by a brochure, which will explain the origin of the name of the location, the etymology of the names, interesting facts, why the given name has such a name, etc. Similar products were created in some surrounding municipalities in previous years, where they met with great attention. By mapping another municipality, we will contribute to the region-wide support of the use of dialects, including in the area of place names.
Project activities:
• Map of Mostů u Jablunkova in the Cieszyn dialect – 2000 pcs
• Brochure for the map of Mostů u Jablunkova published in the Cieszyn dialect – 2000 pcs
Project implementation period: January 2022 - December 2022
Project costs: CZK 200,000, the subsidy is 100% and will cover all costs
Press release - download here
Mosty po NAZIMU / NAZIMU - map with marked locations in the local dialect in Polish and Czech transcription and a brochure for the map with an explanation of the origin of the names in the village. The project outputs do not represent the opinion of the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic and the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic is not responsible for the use of information contained in these outputs.
Brochure for the dialect map – MOSTY PO naszimu / našimu – cover and inside of the brochure
Dialect Map – MOSTY PO naszimu / našimu – PL + CZ