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Czech vs English


English vs Czech


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
33   
2

National Language
Czech Republic   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42   
22
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
5   
2

How Many Consonants
32   
22
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
ahoj   
Hello   

Thank You
děkuji   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Jak se máš?   
How are you?   

Good Night
dobrou noc   
Good Night   

Good Evening
dobrý večer   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
dobré ráno   
Good Morning   

Please
prosím   
Please   

Sorry
litovat   
Sorry   

Bye
sbohem   
Bye   

I Love You
Miluji tě   
I love you   

Excuse Me
promiňte   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chod   
American English   

Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Lach   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Moravian   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
27
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
0.15 %   
99+
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
čeština / český jazyk   
English   

Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina   
Not Available   

French Name
tchèque   
anglais   

German Name
Tschechisch   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Czechs   
Not Available   

History

Origin
9th Century   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Standard Czech   
Standard English   

Language Position
73   
99+
3   
3

Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cs   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ces   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
cze   
eng   

ISO 639 3
ces   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
czec1258   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-da   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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Czech and English Language History

Comparison of Czech vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Czech and English language. History of Czech language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Czech and English Language History.

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Czech and English Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Czech and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Czech and English language. Czech word for "Hello" is ahoj or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Czech Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Czech vs English Difficulty

The Czech vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Czech Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Czech and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Czech and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Czech is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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