This article describes language ideologies that concern the codification of Silesian as one
potential tool for its revitalisation. Among the greatest challenges in this context is the
multiplicity of living local varieties. On the basis of in-depth interviews with so-called
reflective users, i.e. activists, writers, local community leaders etc. from all sub-regions of
Upper Silesia, the broad spectrum of beliefs that are present in the Silesian community
around this issue is shown.This work was supported by the National Science Centre, under grant SONATA BIS "Linguistic diversity in Poland: Collateral languages, language-oriented activities and conceptualization of collective identity" (2020/38/E/HS2/00006
