The Lesser Poland people is a collection of the

ethnographic group An ethnographic group is a group that has cultural traits that make it stand out from the larger ethnic group it is a part of. In other words, members of an ethnographic group will also consider themselves to be members of a larger ethnic group, bo ...

s of

Polish people Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Ce ...

, that originate from the region of

Lesser Poland Lesser Poland, often known by its Polish name Małopolska ( la, Polonia Minor), is a historical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Kraków. Throughout centuries, Lesser Poland developed a ...

. They speak in the

Lesser Poland dialect The Lesser Polish dialect ( pl, dialekt małopolski) is a cluster of regional varieties of the Polish language around the Lesser Poland historical region. The exact area is difficult to delineate due to the expansion of its features and the exis ...

Polish language Polish (Polish: ''język polski'', , ''polszczyzna'' or simply ''polski'', ) is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic group written in the Latin script. It is spoken primarily in Poland and serves as the native language of the Poles. In add ...

Groups

The Lesser Poland people are divided into three subgroups. They are: Cracovian group, Sandomierz group, and Polish Highlanders.G. Odoj, A. Peć: ''Dziedzictwo kulturowe – edukacja regionalna. Dzierżoniów: Wydawnictwo Alex, 2000, p.. 74, ISBN 83-85589-35-X, OCLC 749376082. The Cracovian group include:

Cracovians In astronomical and geodetic calculations, Cracovians are a clerical convenience introduced in the 1930s by Tadeusz Banachiewicz for solving systems of linear equations by hand. Such systems can be written as in matrix notation where x and b a ...

Vistulans The Vistulans, or Vistulanians ( pl, Wiślanie), were an early medieval Lechitic tribe inhabiting the western part of modern Lesser Poland."The main tribe inhabiting the reaches of the Upper Vistula and its tributaries was the Vislane (Wislanie) ...

, and

Polish Uplanders Polish Uplanders ( pl, Pogórzanie; also known as Western Pogorzans and Eastern Pogorzans), are a distinctive subethnic group of Poles that mostly live in the Central Beskidian Range of the Subcarpathian highlands. The Polish Uplanders inhabite ...

. The Sandomierz group include Lasovians, Lublinians, Posaniaks, Rzeszovians, Sandomierz Borowiaks, and Sandomierzans. The Polish Highlanders include Babia Góra Gorals, Čadca Gorals, Kliszczaks, Łącko Gorals, Pieniny Gorals, Podhalans, Poprad Gorals, Sącz Gorals, Sącz Lachs, Spišans, Zagórzans, and Żywiec Gorals.E. Frankowski, M. Dąbrowski (editor), P. Lot (editor): ''Lud polski i jego kultura''. In: ''Dziesięciolecie Polski odrodzonej: księga pamiątkowa: 1918-1928'', Kraków–Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Ilustrowanego Kuryera Codziennego, 1928, p. 31–42.J. S. Bystroń: ''Ugrupowania etniczne ludu polskiego'', Kraków: Księgarnia Geograficzna Orbis, 1925, p. 9.

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{{Slavic ethnic groups Lesser Poland Ethnic groups in Poland Slavic ethnic groups West Slavs