ISO 639-3 · polpol
Indo-European family
Polish
język polski
Polish is a language of the Lechitic branch (Indo-European), spoken in Poland. Wikidata counts 39.7 m first-language speakers (2019) and 454,000 who speak it as a second language. Wikidata describes it as “West Slavic language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
pol- ISO 639-1
pl- Glottocode
poli1260- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Centre point
- 52.00, 19.00
- Wikipedia
- 252 language editions
39.7 mfirst-language speakers
454,000second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Polish · język polski |
|---|---|
| Also called | Polish language |
| L1 speakers | 39,700,000 (2019) |
| L2 speakers | 454,000 (2013) |
| All speakers | 40,200,000 (2007) |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Official in | Poland |
| Grammatical cases | 7 listed in Wikidata |
| Grammatical genders | 5 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Polish
The branches above Polish, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Poland
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