Countries
Czech Republic, European Union
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Czech Republic
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
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.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Czech-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ahoj
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
děkuji
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Jak se máš?
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
dobrou noc
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
dobrý večer
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
dobré ráno
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
prosím
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
litovat
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
sbohem
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
Miluji tě
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
promiňte
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Chod
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Lach
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Moravian
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
čeština / český jazyk
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
tchèque
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Tschechisch
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Czechs
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Standard Czech
  
Modern Greek
  
Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
cs
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ces
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
cze
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
ces
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
czec1258
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-da
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic