Does anyone know what this says? I found this old family photo, and I think it might be in Slovak. I would appreciate if anyone can help me figure this out! I’m trying to learn more about my family history 🙂

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  1. Heh. That’s for sure looks like slovak from 2 centuries back.

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    tu zme boli nazvyat
    ki pri mojej zeztre
    nanačtive tak nas
    fotiv zestrin zať
    to je zeztrin zin
    zo ženov a čera
    a nevezta a vnuča
    zeztrinno to jemo
    ja zeztra tam vza
    Du čo ztojí cinil
    e a ??? zmjesní lebol ???
    ??? zpri ti ???

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    Here we were
    at my sister’s place
    visiting and so
    we were photographed by sister’s son-in-law.
    This is sister’s son
    with his wife and daughter
    and daughter-in-law and grandchild
    of sister. That is
    my sister, one in
    back, one standing
    ???
    ???

    Sorry, cannot read last two lines.

  3. That’s a very nonstandard/archaic dialect for sure. Seems about as distant from my own dialect as Polish.

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