Masurian (Polish: Mazurski; German: Masurisch) was a dialect of the Polish language, spoken by Masurians in East Prussia, today Poland, which were descendants of Masovians.
Since the 14th century, some settlers from Masovia started to settle in southern Prussia, which had been devastated by the crusades of the Teutonic Knights against the native Old Prussians. According to other sources, people from Masovia did not move to southern Prussia until ...
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