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Polish

vr.tr.polish · INF.MED

Let an agent describe the Polish language and its varieties, support learning and translation, explain status and regulation, and provide history and literature with sources.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent describe the Polish language and its varieties, support learning and translation, explain status and regulation, and provide history and literature with sources.

A West Slavic language of the Lechitic group spoken by about forty million people, the official language of Poland and spoken by communities in Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine and a worldwide diaspora, written in the Latin alphabet with diacritics, with dialects such as the Krakow dialect and a standard developed from the sixteenth century; Polish is known for its consonant clusters, seven cases and rich literature.

What it is for: A West Slavic language.

It can be describe the language and its dialects; support learning and translation; explain status and regulation; provide history and literature.

Distinguishing features

Lechitic

Seven cases

Latin script

Large diaspora

What it looks like

Not physical; spoken and written language in Latin script with diacritics.

How it is recognised

West Slavic Lechitic language

Latin alphabet with diacritics

Czech and Slovak are West Slavic but not Lechitic

Related models

is a kind of - category

Lechitic

is spoken by - West Slavic people

Slavs

is related to - another Slavic language entry

Bulgarian

is related to - Latin alphabet with diacritics

alphabet

In practice

Families and kinds

Standard Polish

regional dialects such as the Krakow dialect

Polish in Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine

diaspora Polish

Polish as a foreign language

Identifiers

ISO 639-1 pl language code

ISO 639-3 pol language code

Standards and regulation

Polish Language Act and the Council for the Polish Language

EU official language status

Minority language rights in neighbouring countries

Failure modes and hazards

Overgeneralising dialects

Machine translation errors with cases and aspect

Partisan presentation of minority language issues

Also called

Polish language in BelarusPolish language in UkrainePolish language in LithuaniaPolish language in PolandKrakow dialectPolish as a second or foreign languageBiecz dialectLwów subdialectWarsaw dialectNorthern Borderlands dialectLesser PolishGreater PolishŁowicz dialectMasoviandialects of Polishstandard PolishSouthern Borderlands dialectPoznań dialectLower Silesian dialectsKociewie dialectBałak jargonGoralWarmian dialectKurpie dialect

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.polish-substance

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Learn Learning Polish.

Practice.

Start

Getting started.

Start

Getting started.

  1. How can someone start learning Polish, and which resources and certifications exist? action
  2. What are its main grammatical features, such as cases and aspect? definition

Pronounce

Pronunciation and spelling.

Pronounce

Pronunciation.

  1. How are Polish consonant clusters, nasal vowels and diacritics pronounced and spelled? definition
  2. Which transliteration rules apply? provenance
Use Translation and varieties.

Application.

Translate

Translation.

Translate

Translation.

  1. How should this text be translated into or from Polish, with attention to register and formality? action
  2. Which dictionaries are authoritative? provenance

Varieties

Dialects and diaspora.

Varieties

Varieties.

  1. What are the dialects of Polish, and how is Polish spoken in Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine and the diaspora? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific variety? action
Status Status and policy.

Regulation.

Official

Official status.

Official

Status.

  1. What is the legal status of Polish in Poland, the EU and neighbouring countries, and what does the Polish Language Act provide? provenance
  2. How are minority rights for Polish speakers handled, with positions attributed? boundary

Council

Language planning.

Council

Language planning.

  1. Which bodies regulate Polish usage and spelling, and what do they recommend? provenance
  2. How are new words handled? provenance
History History and literature.

Context.

History

History of Polish.

History

History.

  1. How did Polish develop from Old Polish to the modern standard, and which texts are landmarks? provenance
  2. How did partitions and migration affect the language? provenance

Literature

Literature.

Literature

Literature.

  1. What are the major works and authors of Polish literature? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific work? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should dialects be separate entries?
  • How should dictionaries be linked?
  • How should minority language issues be attributed?
Draft as JSON