Countries
Czech Republic, European Union
European Union, Slovenia
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Czech Republic
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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.
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4225
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
325
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3220
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ahoj
Halo
Thank You
děkuji
Hvala
How Are You?
Jak se máš?
Kako se imate?
Good Night
dobrou noc
Lahko noč
Good Evening
dobrý večer
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne
Dober dan
Good Morning
dobré ráno
Dobro jutro
Please
prosím
Prosim
Sorry
litovat
Oprostite
Bye
sbohem
Nasvidenje
I Love You
Miluji tě
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
promiňte
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Chod
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia
Hungary, Slovenia
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Lach
Resian
Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
Italy
How Many People Speak
10,500,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Moravian
Styrian
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
Slovenia
How Many People Speak
108,000.002,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1348
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.15 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
čeština / český jazyk
Slovenščina
Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
tchèque
slovène
German Name
Tschechisch
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Czechs
Slovenes
Origin
9th Century
972-1093
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
-
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Czech
Slovene
Language Position
7328
1
120
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Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language
Slovene Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
cs
sl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ces
slv
ISO 639 2/B
cze
slv
ISO 639 3
ces
slv
ISO 639 6
ces
slv
Glottocode
czec1258
slov1268
Linguasphere
53-AAA-da
53-AAA-f
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional