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Polish Phrasebase Forum Discussion
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Polish Phrasebase Forum Topics
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Extinct: no
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Family: Indo-European
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Branch: Slavic
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Continent: Europe
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Country: Poland
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Region: Also spoken in Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Russia (Europe), Slovakia, Ukraine, UAE, USA.
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Countries Where Spoken: 36,554,000 in Poland, 98% of the population (1986). Population total all countries 44,000,000 (1999 WA). Czech Republic, Germany, Israel, Romania, Slovakia.
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Countries Where Official: Poland
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Native Speakers: 44,000,000
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Speakers Total: 44,000,000
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Phrasebase members who speak this language at a native level: 1,283
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Phrasebase members who speak this language at a conversational level: 1,283
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Phrasebase members primary language they are trying to learn: 1,753
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Phrasebase members secondary language they are trying to learn: 4,383
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Three Letter Code: PQL
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Alternative Names: POLSKI, POLNISCH
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Dialects: Istrian, Triestino, Venetian Proper, Bisiacco., There Are 5 Dialects In The Bosnian Langauge: East Bosnian, West Bosnian, East Herzeg, West Herzeg And Sandzak, Palityan (palitiani, Bogomil). Palityan Is Functionally Intelligible With Standard Bulgarian. The Pomak Dialect Spoken In Greece Is Close To Serbian And Bulgarian; Geographical Dialect Shading Toward Each., Northeast Belarusan (polots, Viteb-mogilev), Southwest Belarusan (grodnen-baranovich, Slutsko-mozyr, Slutska-mazyrski), Central Belarusan. Linguistically Between Russian And Ukrainian, With Transitional Dialects To Both., Kaykavski, Chakavski, Shtokavski (ijekavski). Shtokavski Is The Official Dialect, But The Others Are Recognized As Valid Dialects, With A Large Body Of Literature. Other Dialects In Other Countries, Like Burgenland Croatian In Austria, Are Less Intelligible., Central Bohemian, Czecho-moravian, Hanak, Lach (yalach), Northeast Bohemian, Southwest Bohemian. All Czech And Slovak Dialects Are Inherently Intelligible To Each Other's Speakers., Kashubian Proper, Slovincian., Northern Macedonian, Southeastern Macedonian, Western Macedonian., North Russian, South Russian., Upper Silesian.,
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Summary: National language. SVO. Roman script. Christian, Muslim. Bible 1561-1965.
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Note:
Phrasebase uses a variety of sources when compiling the facts and information presented above. This information is continually updated throughout the year.
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