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Russian and Czech


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Czech Republic   
Russia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42   
22
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
10   
7

How Many Consonants
32   
22
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ahoj   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
děkuji   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
Jak se máš?   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
dobrou noc   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
dobrý večer   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
dobré ráno   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
prosím   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
litovat   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
sbohem   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
Miluji tě   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
promiňte   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chod   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Lach   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia   
Olonets   

Dialect 3
Moravian   
Novgorod   

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

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
0.15 %   
99+
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
čeština / český jazyk   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina   
Russki   

French Name
tchèque   
russe   

German Name
Tschechisch   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Czechs   
Russians   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Western   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Standard Czech   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
73   
99+
7   
7

Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cs   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ces   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
cze   
rus   

ISO 639 3
ces   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
czec1258   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-da   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Czech and Russian Speaking population

Czech and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Czech and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Czech and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Czech language is 0.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Czech vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Czech and Russian Language Codes

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

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