According to a survey, representatives of the Polish
diaspora are mostly Russian speakers. 69% of the surveyed
acquired Russian at home, while only 25.3% learned
Romanian, and 22.9% - Polish, from their parents. Research
on the declared knowledge of these three languages
indicates the overwhelming predominance of Russian,
known by all respondents, mostly on a very good and good
level. The survey has shown that daily communication
proceeds mostly in Russian, and the studied population
has a positive or neutral attitude towards it. Russian is the
first language for Polish people in Moldova. The level of
Romanian language knowledge is much lower: 9.4% of
respondents did not know the official language of the
country of which they were citizens, and the respondents’
attitude towards the language is mostly neutral or negative.
Responses indicated contact with Romanian in state
institutions, everyday life, with family and friends and
when communication in Russian was impossible. Polish
was liked the most among the surveyed languages, and it
is acquired mainly in courses of Polish as a foreign language
and the speakers’ level is close to that of Romanian.
According to responses, Polish was mostly used among
other Poles in Moldova, in the Catholic Church and during
trips to Poland.