Józef Gara

Who was Józef Gara?

Józef Gara was miner who spoke an endangered language of Wilamowice, Wymysorys, which had only 70 native speakers, and created the Wymysorys alphabet. He also wrote poetry in Wymysorys language. In 2003 he published Zbiór wierszy oraz słownik języka wilamowskiego. In 2004 he collected old Wilamowicean songs, corrected and extended the old ones with a view of releasing them. Between 2004 and 2006 he taught Vilamovian in a primary school in Wilamowice.