How many people around the world speak Polish? Cover Image

Ilu ludzi na świecie mówi po polsku?
How many people around the world speak Polish?

Author(s): Bogdan Walczak
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii im. Jakuba z Paradyża
Keywords: lexis; vocabulary; Polish language; Polish language against world’s languages

Summary/Abstract: The author, referring to data from over ten years ago (owing to a lack of morerecent data), presents the Polish language as – contrary to a common stereotype – oneof the most largely spoken languages in the world. On the list of the world’s largest languagesin descending order, Polish is ranked at the end of the top twenty, or, more likely, just outsidethe top twenty (Alfred F. Majewicz convincingly argues that a more accurate placingof Polish is impossible).

  • Issue Year: 20/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 79-91
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish