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Czech vs Slovak


Slovak vs Czech


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

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

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

Alphabets
42  
22
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
15  
12

How Many Consonants
32  
22
38  
27

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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  
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!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chod  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Lach  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
10,500,000.00  
36
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Moravian  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.15 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
73  
99+
27  
25

Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language  
Slovak Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Czech and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Czech vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Czech and Slovak language. History of Czech language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century. 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 Slovak Language History.

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Czech and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Czech and Slovak language. Czech word for "Hello" is ahoj or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Czech Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Czech vs Slovak Difficulty

The Czech vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Czech Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Czech and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Czech is 44 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.

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