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The languages of Poland include Polish – the language of the native population – and those of immigrants and their descendants. Polish is the only official language recognized by the country's constitution and the majority of the country's population speak it as a native language or use it for home communication.
The history of Polish as a language of state governance begins in the 16th century in the Kingdom of Poland. Over the later centuries, Polish served as the official language in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Congress Poland, the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, and as the administrative language in the Russian Empire's Western Krai.
Pages in category "Languages of Poland" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Those who regard Silesian as a separate language tend to include the Lach dialects (Polish: gwary laskie) of the Czech Republic as part of this language. However, other linguistic sources on Slavic languages normally describe them as dialects of the Czech language, [41] [42] or sometimes as transitional Polish–Czech dialects.
A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this ...
The Polish language is a West Slavic language, and thus descends from Proto-Slavic, and more distantly from Proto-Indo-European.More specifically, it is a member of the Lechitic branch of the West Slavic languages, along with other languages spoken in areas within or close to the area of modern Poland: including Kashubian, Silesian, and the extinct Slovincian and Polabian.
The West Slavic languages are a subdivision of the Slavic language group. [1] They include Polish , Czech , Slovak , Kashubian , Silesian , Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian . [ 1 ] The languages have traditionally been spoken across a mostly continuous region encompassing the Czech Republic , Slovakia , Poland , [ 1 ] the westernmost regions of ...
Pages in category "Polish language" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. ... Languages of Poland; Polish profanity; Polish studies;