The article provides details and data regarding the geographical distribution of all Polish speakers, regardless of the legislative status of the countries where it is spoken. The Polish language is the dominant language of Poland, and it is spoken in autochthonous minority areas through Europe and in many immigrant communities in all over the world.
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Native speakers This table depicts the native speakers of the language, which means that the table includes people who have been exposed to the Polish language from birth and, thus, excludes people who use the language as a L2. CountryAbsolute%YearReferenceDefinition51,3990.2%2016The reported population size was obtained by projecting the respondent percentage to the total population, since the source either included the part of the population who didn't answer or didn't take into account some parts of the population, for example children.Language spoken at home30,5980.3%2001Colloquial language4,2160.1%2009Mother tongue16,2980.2%2012Population data by Eurostat, using the source year. Mother tongue181,7100.5%2016Mother tongue49,6690.5%20212011 Census results – Tab. 614b Population by age, native language, and gender, Czech Statistical OfficeMother tongue5,9820.1%2021Mother tongue275,2880.4%2012Mother tongue983,0001.2%2024Language spoken at home21,0006.8%2021Mother tongue135,8952.9%2016Language spoken at home1,7740.1%2001Mother tongue160,5065.3%2011Mother tongue3,2510.6%2021Main language69,0000.4%2019Language spoken at home37,868,61899.6%2021Language spoken at home4,9270.0%2010Mother tongue3,8210.1%2021Mother tongue61,9260.1%2021Mother tongue76,0000.8%2012Mother tongue19,1950.04%2001Mother tongue724,0141.1%2021/2022Main language576,8160.2%2016Language spoken at homeTotal41,312,915-
See also Geolinguistics
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