Some facts about Polish

THE POLISH LANGUAGE is a language of Poland.
Population: 36,554,000 in Poland, 98% of the population (1986). Population total all countries 44,000,000 (1999 WA).
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.
Alternate names: POLSKI, POLNISCH
Dialects: UPPER SILESIAN.
Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, West, Lechitic.
Comments: National language. SVO. Roman script. Christian, Muslim. Bible 1561-1965.

Also spoken in:
Czech Republic
Population: 50,000 in Czech Republic.
Alternate names: POLSKI
Comments: Christian. Bible 1561-1965.

Germany
Population: 241,000 in Germany.
Alternate names: POLSKI, POLNISCH
Comments: Christian. Bible 1561-1965.

Israel
Population: 100,000 speakers out of 272,000 people of Polish origin (1992 H. Mutzafi).
Alternate names: POLSKI
Comments: All speakers use Hebrew as second language but prefer Polish. Many other people of Polish origin speak Yiddish or Hebrew as first or second language. Jewish. Bible 1561-1965.

Romania
Population: 10,000 in Romania.
Alternate names: POLSKI
Comments: Christian. Bible 1561-1965.

Slovakia
Population: 50,000 in Slovakia.
Alternate names: POLSKI
Comments: Christian. Bible 1561-1965.

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