Countries
Czech Republic, European Union
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Czech Republic
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
Czech Language
Derived From
-
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4246
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
3215
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3238
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ahoj
Ahoj
Thank You
děkuji
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
Jak se máš?
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
dobrou noc
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
dobrý večer
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
dobré ráno
Dobré ráno
Please
prosím
Prosím
Sorry
litovat
Pardón!
Bye
sbohem
Dovidenia
I Love You
Miluji tě
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
promiňte
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Chod
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.005,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Lach
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
10,500,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Moravian
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
How Many People Speak
108,000.005,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
134
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million5.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.15 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million5.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
čeština / český jazyk
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
tchèque
slovaque
German Name
Tschechisch
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]
[ˈsləʊvæk]
Ethnicity
Czechs
Slovaks
Origin
9th Century
6th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Slavic
Branch
Western
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Standard Czech
Slovak
Language Position
7327
1
120
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Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language
Slovak Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
cs
sk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ces
slk
ISO 639 2/B
cze
slo
ISO 639 3
ces
slk
ISO 639 6
ces
slk
Glottocode
czec1258
slov1269
Linguasphere
53-AAA-da
53-AAA-db
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic