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Slovak and Czech


Czech and Slovak


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
46  
26
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
32  
21

How Many Consonants
38  
27
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
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
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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak  
Chod  

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

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

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Lach  

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

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

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Moravian  

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
13  
13

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
27  
25
73  
99+

Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language  
Czech Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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

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Slovak and Czech Speaking population

Slovak and Czech speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Czech languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Czech Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 % 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 Slovak and Czech on Slovak vs Czech where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovak and Czech Language Codes

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

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