Countries
Czech Republic, European Union
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
National Language
Czech Republic
  
Germany
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language
  
Council for German Orthography
  
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.
  
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
Similar To
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Albanian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Czech-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ahoj
  
hallo
  
Thank You
děkuji
  
Danke
  
How Are You?
Jak se máš?
  
Wie geht es dir?
  
Good Night
dobrou noc
  
gute Nacht
  
Good Evening
dobrý večer
  
guten Abend
  
Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne
  
guten Tag
  
Good Morning
dobré ráno
  
guten Morgen
  
Please
prosím
  
bitte
  
Sorry
litovat
  
Verzeihung
  
Bye
sbohem
  
Tschüs
  
I Love You
Miluji tě
  
Ich liebe dich
  
Excuse Me
promiňte
  
Entschuldigung
  
Dialect 1
Chod
  
Swiss German
  
Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia
  
Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Lach
  
Swabian German
  
Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
  
Germany
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Moravian
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
229.00 million
  
8
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
101.00 million
  
10
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
128.00 million
  
5
Native Name
čeština / český jazyk
  
Deutsch
  
Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina
  
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
French Name
tchèque
  
allemand
  
German Name
Tschechisch
  
Deutsch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Ethnicity
Czechs
  
Germans
  
Origin
9th Century
  
6th Century AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Western
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Czech
  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
cs
  
de
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ces
  
deu
  
ISO 639 2/B
cze
  
ger
  
ISO 639 3
ces
  
deu
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
deus
  
Glottocode
czec1258
  
high1287, uppe1397
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-da
  
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic