Polish

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A language of Poland

ISO 639-3
pol
Alternate Names
Polnisch, Polski
Population

36,600,000 in Poland (1986). Population total all countries: 39,042,570.

Location

Also in Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States.

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Language Status

1 (National). Statutory national language (1997, Constitution, Article 27).

Classification
Indo-European, Slavic, West, Lechitic
Dialects

Upper Silesian.

Typology

SVO

Language Development
Fully developed. Bible: 1561–1965.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Polish
Writing
Braille script. Latin script, primary usage.
Other Comments

Christian, Muslim.

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