
Polish is a West Slavic language and the official language of Poland. It is the mother tongue of over 42 million people worldwide, including close to 97% of Poland's citizens. Ethnic Poles also constitute significant minorities in Lithuania, Belarus, and Ukraine, where Polish can often be heard in the cities of Lviv and Lutsk or in the Brest and Grodno regions in western Belarus. Polish is used in a uniform manner through most of Poland and thrives today despite historic pressure from foreign ad...
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