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A language of Poland

ISO 639-3: pol

Population	36,600,000 in Poland (1986). Population total all countries: 39,990,670.
Region	Also in Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Russian Federation (Europe), Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States.
Alternate names	Polnisch, Polski
Dialects	Upper Silesian.
Classification	Indo-European, Slavic, West, Lechitic
Language use	National language.
Language development	Fully developed. Bible: 1561–1965.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SVO. Christian, Muslim. Source:

Lewis, M. Paul (ed.), 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/.