Countries
Czech Republic, European Union
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Czech Republic
  
France
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
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.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Czech-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ahoj
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
děkuji
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
Jak se máš?
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
dobrou noc
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
dobrý večer
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
dobré ráno
  
Bonjour
  
Please
prosím
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
litovat
  
désolé
  
Bye
sbohem
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
Miluji tě
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
promiňte
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Chod
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Lach
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
  
Africa
  
Dialect 3
Moravian
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
čeština / český jazyk
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina
  
Français
  
French Name
tchèque
  
français
  
German Name
Tschechisch
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Czechs
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Standard Czech
  
Standard French
  
Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
cs
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ces
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
cze
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
ces
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
czec1258
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-da
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic