Polish Language

Where? — In Poland. Also spoken in Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Russia (Europe), Slovakia, Ukraine and USA.

Language family — Polish is an Indo-European language. It is a Slavic language and belongs to the West Slavic subgroup which also includes Czech, Slovak, Cassubian (or Kashubian; spoken in the Baltic coast region in northern Poland), Sorbian (Saxony and Brandenburg, Germany), and Polabian, which is now extinct.

How many? — About 43,000,000 people. 36,500,000 in Poland, 2,500,000 in the USA, 1,000,000 in the Ukraine and around 200,000 in Germany, 100,000 in Canada and Israel, 50,000 in the Czech Republic and 40,000 in Australia.