Countries
Czech Republic, European Union
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
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
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Dialect 2
Lach
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Dialect 3
Moravian
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Native Name
čeština / český jazyk
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
tchèque
slovaque
German Name
Tschechisch
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]
[ˈsləʊvæk]
Origin
9th Century
6th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Standard Czech
Slovak
Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language
Slovak Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
czec1258
slov1269
Linguasphere
53-AAA-da
53-AAA-db
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
All Czech and Slovak 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 Slovak dialects. Various dialects of Czech and Slovak language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Czech are spoken in different Czech Speaking Countries whereas Slovak Dialects are spoken in different Slovak speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Czech vs Slovak Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Czech dialects include: Chod, Lach. Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak , Central Slovak. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Czech and Slovak Speaking population
Czech and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which Czech and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of Czech and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Czech language is 0.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 %. 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 Slovak on Czech vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Czech and Slovak Language Codes
Czech and Slovak language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Czech and Slovak Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.