The main language spoken in Poland is Polish. The deaf communities use Polish Sign Language belonging to the German family of Sign Languages. According to the Act of 6 January 2005 on national and ethnic minorities and on the regional languages, 16 other languages have officially recognised status of minority languages: 1 regional language, 10 languages of 9 national minorities (the minorities that have their own independent state elsewhere) and 5 languages of 4 ethnic minorities spoken by the members of minorities not having a separate state elsewhere). Jewish and Romani minorities, each has 2 minority languages recognised.