Locale Pl Pl

Reference data for the Polish (Poland) locale — endonym Polski (Polska), written in the Latin script, left-to-right (LTR).

Identifiers

• BCP 47 tag: pl-PL
• ISO 639-1: pl
• ISO 639-3: pol
• Script: Latn (Latin)
• Region: PL (Poland)
• Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)

Speakers (approximate)

• L1 (native): 40,000,000
• L2 (additional): 3,000,000
• L1+L2 (total): 43,000,000

Base locale

This is a regional variant of Locale Pl 001 (Polish), the base/macro locale for this language.

Pluralization

CLDR plural categories for this locale: one, few, many, other (4 forms).

• one — i = 1 and v = 0 (e.g. 1)
• few — v = 0 and i % 10 = 2..4 and i % 100 != 12..14 (e.g. 2~4, 22~24, 32~34, 42~44, …)
• many — v = 0 and i != 1 and i % 10 = 0..1 or v = 0 and i % 10 = 5..9 or v = 0 and i % 100 = 12..14 (e.g. 0, 5~19, 100, 1000, …)
• other — everything else

See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.

Translating into this locale

Apply Locale Pl 001 with the conventions of Poland.

• Formats: złoty (zł) after the amount; dates 17.10.2026 or 17 października 2026 r.; 24-hour clock; decimal comma.
• Terminology: use Polish EU terminology (official Polish translation) for legal and administrative content.
• Tone: polite and formal in business, with titles (Pan Dyrektor, Pani Doktor) in correspondence.

Common pitfalls

• Using English date and number formats.
• Using Czech or Russian forms.
• The general pitfalls in Locale Pl 001 also apply.

Learn more

• Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
• Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
• Unicode CLDR locale data for number, date, and currency formats (https://cldr.unicode.org)