A West Slavic language spoken mainly in Poland.
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Why does Polish language not use letters Č, Š, and Ž?
Why does the Polish language not use the letters Č, Š, and Ž, and instead uses Cz, Sz, and Ż/Rz? Why has the Polish language never adopted the Czech convention to use caron/háček, despite being similar to Czech? Which are reasons for that?
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What caused seemingly irregular cases of Polish raising /o/ > /u/ (graphically ó)?
According to Bethin’s Polish Syllables (a 1992 work I have seen cited but am unable to consult firsthand), the regular environment for raising of *o to /u/ (written as ó) in Polish is closed syllables before voiced non-nasal consonants. Certain…
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