Indo-European family
Polish
1500 CE – today Living
Polish (1500 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Slavic → Proto-West Slavic → Old Polish → Polish.
See Polish on the interactive map- Speakers
- 41M (41,000,000)
- ISO 639-3
- pol
- Glottocode
- poli1260
Member of the West Slavic branch (Lechitic sub-group). Includes Middle Polish (16th–18th c.) and Modern Polish; standardised in the 16th c. with the rise of vernacular literature. Old Polish is the predecessor node.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Slavicc. 200 BCE – 600 CE
- Proto-West Slavicc. 600 CE – 1000 CE
- Old Polishc. 1000 CE – 1500 CE
- Polish1500 CE – today