Language
Languages of Poland
Republic of Poland. 38,116,000. National or official language: Polish. Literacy rate: 98% to 99%. Also includes Czech, Eastern Yiddish, Greek (114,000), Lithuanian (30,000), Russian (60,000), Slovak (38,000). Information mainly from A. Schenker and E. Stankiewicz 1980; B. Comrie 1987. Blind population: 21,523. Deaf population: 50,000 to 2,342,493 (1998). Deaf institutions: 11. The number of languages listed for Poland is 12. Of those, 11 are living languages and 1 is extinct.
Belarusan
[bel] 220,000 in Poland (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk). Alternate names: Byelorussian, White Russian. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, East.
German, Standard
[deu] 500,000 in Poland (1998). Silesia and elsewhere. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German.
Kashubian
[csb] 3,000 in Poland. Ethnic population: 100,000 or more (1993 T. Salminen). The left bank of the Lower Vistula in north central Poland, near the Baltic coast, west of the Bay of Gdansk, and a narrow strip inland, southwest from Gdynia. Also spoken in Canada. Alternate names: Kaszubski, Cashubian, Cassubian. Dialects: Kashubian Proper, Slovincian. German influences in the language. There are transitional dialects between Kashubian Proper, Slovenian, and Polish. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, West, Lechitic.
Polish
[pol] 36,554,000 in Poland (1986). Population total all countries: 42,708,133. Also spoken in Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Russia (Europe), Slovakia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, USA. Alternate names: Polski, Polnisch. Dialects: Upper Silesian. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, West, Lechitic.
Polish Sign Language
[pso] 50,000 deaf, 25,000 members of Polish Association of the Deaf; 1986 Gallaudet Univ. Dialects: Various regional dialects. Not intelligible with American Sign Language. Classification: Deaf sign language.
Romani, Baltic
[rml] 30,000 in Poland. Population total all countries: 58,465. Baltic Region, central and southern parts. Also spoken in Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia (Asia), Ukraine. Dialects: Latvian Romani (Lettish Romani), North Russian Romani, White Russian Romani, Estonian Romani, Polish Romani. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern.
Romani, Carpathian
[rmc] One dialect is in south Poland, east Hungary, and Galicia; another in Transylvania, Romania; others in Czech Republic and Slovakia; Ukraine, USA. Dialects: Galician, Transylvanian. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern.
Romani, Sinte
[rmo] Alternate names: Sinti, Tsigane. Dialects: Manuche (Manouche). Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern.
Romani, Vlax
[rmy] 5,000 Lovari in Poland. Dialects: Lovari. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Vlax.
Silesian, Lower
[sli] Dolny Slask (Lower Silesia). Also spoken in Czech Republic, Germany. Alternate names: Lower Schlesisch. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German Nearly extinct.
Ukrainian
[ukr] 150,000 in Poland. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, East.
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Republic of Poland. 38,116,000. National or official language: Polish. Literacy rate: 98% to 99%. Also includes Czech, Eastern Yiddish, Greek (114,000), Lithuanian (30,000), Russian (60,000), Slovak (38,000). Information mainly from A. Schenker and E. Stankiewicz 1980; B. Comrie 1987. Blind population: 21,523. Deaf population: 50,000 to 2,342,493 (1998). Deaf institutions: 11. The number of languages listed for Poland is 12. Of those, 11 are living languages and 1 is extinct.
Living languages
Belarusan
[bel] 220,000 in Poland (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk). Alternate names: Byelorussian, White Russian. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, East.
German, Standard
[deu] 500,000 in Poland (1998). Silesia and elsewhere. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German.
Kashubian
[csb] 3,000 in Poland. Ethnic population: 100,000 or more (1993 T. Salminen). The left bank of the Lower Vistula in north central Poland, near the Baltic coast, west of the Bay of Gdansk, and a narrow strip inland, southwest from Gdynia. Also spoken in Canada. Alternate names: Kaszubski, Cashubian, Cassubian. Dialects: Kashubian Proper, Slovincian. German influences in the language. There are transitional dialects between Kashubian Proper, Slovenian, and Polish. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, West, Lechitic.
Polish
[pol] 36,554,000 in Poland (1986). Population total all countries: 42,708,133. Also spoken in Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Russia (Europe), Slovakia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, USA. Alternate names: Polski, Polnisch. Dialects: Upper Silesian. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, West, Lechitic.
Polish Sign Language
[pso] 50,000 deaf, 25,000 members of Polish Association of the Deaf; 1986 Gallaudet Univ. Dialects: Various regional dialects. Not intelligible with American Sign Language. Classification: Deaf sign language.
Romani, Baltic
[rml] 30,000 in Poland. Population total all countries: 58,465. Baltic Region, central and southern parts. Also spoken in Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia (Asia), Ukraine. Dialects: Latvian Romani (Lettish Romani), North Russian Romani, White Russian Romani, Estonian Romani, Polish Romani. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern.
Romani, Carpathian
[rmc] One dialect is in south Poland, east Hungary, and Galicia; another in Transylvania, Romania; others in Czech Republic and Slovakia; Ukraine, USA. Dialects: Galician, Transylvanian. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern.
Romani, Sinte
[rmo] Alternate names: Sinti, Tsigane. Dialects: Manuche (Manouche). Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern.
Romani, Vlax
[rmy] 5,000 Lovari in Poland. Dialects: Lovari. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Vlax.
Silesian, Lower
[sli] Dolny Slask (Lower Silesia). Also spoken in Czech Republic, Germany. Alternate names: Lower Schlesisch. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German Nearly extinct.
Ukrainian
[ukr] 150,000 in Poland. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, East.
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