Polish language
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Polish (język polski, polszczyzna) is the official language of Poland. It is the most common Western Slavic language and the second Slavic language, after Russian.
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Polish | |
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Polski | |
Pronunciation | [ˈpɔlski] |
Native to | Poland |
Region | Mainly in Poland, but there are minorities in Ukraine, Belarus, Czechia, Slovakia, Germany and Lithuania |
Ethnicity | Poles |
Native speakers | [1] |
Early forms | Old Polish
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Latin (Polish alphabet) Cyrillic (Cyrillization of Polish) Polish Braille | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Poland European Union |
Recognised minority language in | |
Regulated by | Polish Language Council |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | pl |
ISO 639-2 | pol |
ISO 639-3 | pol |
Linguasphere | 53-AAA-cc < 53-AAA-b...-d |
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Polish has been an important language in Central and Eastern Europe. Polish is now spoken by over 43.5 million people as their first language in Poland. It is also spoken as a Second language in western parts of Belarus, Lithuania and Ukraine. Because of emigration during different times, millions of Polish-speakers can be found in Australia, Ireland, Brazil, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and elsewhere. There are over 50 million speakers around the world.