Five interesting facts about the Polish language:
1. Many English words that come from Polish are related to Polish cuisine such as ‘bigos’, ‘kielbasa’ and ‘pierogi’.
2. The longest Polish word contains 54 letters ‘Dziewięćsetdziewięćdziesięciodziewięcionarodowościowego’ and roughly translates as ‘of nine-hundred and ninety-nine nationalities’.
3. The name of the country derives from the Polans tribe; the term itself means ‘field’ or ‘plain’.
4. There are 32 letters in the Polish alphabet.
5. Polish retains the Old Slavic system of cases for nouns, pronouns, and adjectives.
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