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The West Slavic languages are a subdivision of the Slavic language group. They include Polish , Czech , Slovak , Kashubian , Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian . [1] The languages have traditionally been spoken across a mostly continuous region encompassing the Czech Republic , Slovakia , Poland , [1] the westernmost regions of Ukraine and Belarus ...
- Polish is a West Slavic language, spoken by approximately 50 million people around the world. Apart from Poland, it is used by large Polish communities abroad - mainly in the United Stated, Great Britain, Canada, Germany or Australia.
- The name Polska derives from the word pole, meaning "a field" and Polanie (Polans), a West Slavic tribe who inhabited the region over ten centuries ago.
- According to the UK 2011 census, Polish is the second most spoken language in England and Wales.
- The Polish alphabet has six more letters than the English one and contains nine intriguing characters: Ą, Ć, Ę, Ł, Ń, Ó, Ś, Ż, Ź. Each little dot and stroke, called a diacritical mark, is an integral part of the given letter.
Dec 26, 2020 · Christmas is, apart from Easter (see: Traces of Slavic Pagan Rites in the Polish Easter Tradition ), the most celebrating feast in Poland (Lemnis, Vitry 1979:178). This Christian holiday, which is intimate, family, and usually spent with the dearest people, however, goes back to the traditions of pagan-Slavic times ( Ibid.:178 ).
Dec 3, 2022 · A uniquely Slavic and beloved custom shared among Poles (Oplatki), Slovaks (Oblatky – Oplatky), and Lithuanians (Oplatkalus – although Lithuanians are not a Slavic people) is the sharing of the Christmas wafer. The word “Oplatki” in all its forms stems from the Latin word “Oblatum,” meaning a sacred offering.
4 days ago · Polish language, West Slavic language belonging to the Lekhitic subgroup and closely related to Czech, Slovak, and the Sorbian languages of eastern Germany; it is spoken by the majority of the present population of Poland. The modern literary language, written in the Roman (Latin) alphabet, dates
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To the West Slavic branch belong Polish and other Lekhitic languages (Kashubian and its archaic variant Slovincian), Upper and Lower Sorbian (also called Lusatian or Wendish), Czech, and Slovak.
Koliada or koleda (Cyrillic: коляда, коледа, колада, коледе) is the traditional Slavic name for the period from Christmas to Epiphany or, more generally, for Slavic Christmas-related rituals, some dating to pre-Christian times.
