Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Czech Republic, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Czech Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Institute of the Czech Language
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
- 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
Czech Language
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4642
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1532
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3832
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ahoj
ahoj
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
děkuji
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
Jak se máš?
Good Night
Dobrú noc
dobrou noc
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
dobré odpoledne
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
dobré ráno
Please
Prosím
prosím
Sorry
Pardón!
litovat
Bye
Dovidenia
sbohem
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Miluji tě
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
promiňte
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Chod
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Chodsko, Bohemia
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Lach
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0010,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Moravian
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00108,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
413
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.20 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
slovenčina
čeština / český jazyk
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Bohemian, Cestina
French Name
slovaque
tchèque
German Name
Slowakisch
Tschechisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Czechs
Origin
6th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Slavic
Branch
Western
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
Standard Forms
Slovak
Standard Czech
Language Position
2773
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Czech Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sk
cs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slk
ces
ISO 639 2/B
slo
cze
ISO 639 3
slk
ces
ISO 639 6
slk
ces
Glottocode
slov1269
czec1258
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
53-AAA-da
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic