Polish in Serbia

[Zielinski]

Dear Colleagues,

According to the recently published recollections of Antoni Szymborski (the grandfather of the Nobel prize winner poet Wislawa Szymborska), who was in Serbia around 1850, Polish was at that time the language of the local elite (aristocracy). Could anyone confirm that assumption, or maybe Szymborski simply mistook one of the southern languages for Polish? Any suggestions?

Jan Zielinski

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