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Czech and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Czech Republic, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Russia  
Czech Republic  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Institute of the Czech Language  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
32  
21

How Many Consonants
21  
11
32  
22

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
ahoj  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
děkuji  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Jak se máš?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
dobrou noc  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
dobré odpoledne  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
dobré ráno  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
prosím  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
litovat  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
sbohem  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Miluji tě  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
promiňte  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Chod  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Chodsko, Bohemia  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Lach  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
10,500,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Moravian  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
108,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Русский  
čeština / český jazyk  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Bohemian, Cestina  

French Name
russe  
tchèque  

German Name
Russisch  
Tschechisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Czechs  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Slavic  

Branch
Eastern  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Proto-Czech, Old Czech  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Standard Czech  

Language Position
7  
7
73  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Czech Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
cs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
ces  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
cze  

ISO 639 3
rus  
ces  

ISO 639 6
rus  
ces  

Glottocode
russ1263  
czec1258  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
53-AAA-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Russian and Czech 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 Russian and Czech dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Czech language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Czech Dialects are spoken in different Czech speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Czech Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Czech dialects include: Chod , Lach. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Czech Speaking population

Russian and Czech speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Czech languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Czech Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Czech language is 0.15 %. 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 Russian and Czech on Russian vs Czech where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Czech Language Codes

Russian and Czech language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Czech Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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