Countries
Czech Republic, European Union
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Czech Republic
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language
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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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4253
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
3210
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3243
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ahoj
Molo
Thank You
děkuji
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Jak se máš?
Unjani
Good Night
dobrou noc
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
dobrý večer
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
dobré ráno
Molo
Please
prosím
Ndicela
Sorry
litovat
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
sbohem
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Miluji tě
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
promiňte
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Chod
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia
South Africa
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Lach
Thembu
Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
South Africa
How Many People Speak
10,500,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Moravian
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
South Africa
How Many People Speak
108,000.0019.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
139
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.15 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million8.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
čeština / český jazyk
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
tchèque
xhosa
German Name
Tschechisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Czechs
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
9th Century
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Western
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Czech
isiXhosa
Language Position
7321
1
120
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Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
cs
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ces
xho
ISO 639 2/B
cze
xho
ISO 639 3
ces
xho
ISO 639 6
ces
xho
Glottocode
czec1258
xhos1239
Linguasphere
53-AAA-da
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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