Middle Polish | |
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Pronunciation | [ˈjɛ̃zɨk ˈpɔlski] |
Region | Central and Eastern Europe |
Era | developed into Modern Polish by the 18th century |
Indo-European
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Early form | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | None |
Middle Polish (Polish: język średniopolski) is the period in the history of the Polish language between the 16th and 18th centuries. It evolved from Old Polish, and gave rise to Modern Polish.[1]
In 16th century, Polish poet Jan Kochanowski proposed a set of orthographic rules and an alphabet of 48 letters and digraphs:
The letters ç, θ, θ´, θ˙, ŗ, σ, ß corresponded to Modern Polish cz, dz, dź, dż, rz, ś, sz, respectively.