Countries
Czech Republic, European Union
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Czech Republic
Germany
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language
Council for German Orthography
Interesting Facts
- The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
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Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
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German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Jak se máš?
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
dobrou noc
gute Nacht
Good Evening
dobrý večer
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne
guten Tag
Good Morning
dobré ráno
guten Morgen
I Love You
Miluji tě
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
promiňte
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Chod
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia
Switzerland
Dialect 2
Lach
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
Germany
Dialect 3
Moravian
Texas German
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
Texas
Native Name
čeština / český jazyk
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
tchèque
allemand
German Name
Tschechisch
Deutsch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Origin
9th Century
6th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Czech
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
czec1258
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
53-AAA-da
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
All Czech and German Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Czech and German dialects. Various dialects of Czech and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Czech are spoken in different Czech Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Czech vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Czech dialects include: Chod, Lach. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Czech and German Speaking population
Czech and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Czech and German languages can be compared. The total count of Czech and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Czech language is 0.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Czech and German on Czech vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Czech and German Language Codes
Czech and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Czech and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.