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Russian and Czech


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Czech Republic  
Russia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Czech-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
42  
22
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
10  
7

How Many Consonants
32  
22
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ahoj  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
děkuji  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
Jak se máš?  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
dobrou noc  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
dobrý večer  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
dobré ráno  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
prosím  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
litovat  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
sbohem  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
Miluji tě  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
promiňte  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chod  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Lach  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
10,500,000.00  
36
154,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Moravian  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.15 %  
99+
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
čeština / český jazyk  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina  
Russki  

French Name
tchèque  
russe  

German Name
Tschechisch  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Czechs  
Russians  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Slavic  

Branch
Western  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Standard Czech  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
73  
99+
7  
7

Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cs  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ces  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
cze  
rus  

ISO 639 3
ces  
rus  

ISO 639 6
ces  
rus  

Glottocode
czec1258  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-da  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Czech and Russian 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 Russian dialects. Various dialects of Czech and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Czech are spoken in different Czech Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Czech vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Czech dialects include: Chod, Lach. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Czech and Russian Speaking population

Czech and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Czech and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Czech and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Czech language is 0.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Czech vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Czech and Russian Language Codes

Czech and Russian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Czech and Russian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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