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German and Czech


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

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

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

Alphabets
42   
22
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
10   
7

How Many Consonants
32   
22
9   
1

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Moravian   
Texas German   

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

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
27
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
0.15 %   
99+
1.39 %   
12

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   

History

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   

Language Position
73   
99+
9   
9

Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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Czech and German Speaking population

Czech and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Czech and German languages can be compared. The total count of Czech and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Czech language is 0.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 Czech and German on Czech vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Czech and German Language Codes

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

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