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Czech and Slovak


Slovak and Czech


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Czech Republic   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia   
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian   
Czech Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Czech-Slovak Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42   
22
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
15   
12

How Many Consonants
32   
22
38   
27

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ahoj   
Ahoj   

Thank You
děkuji   
Ďakujem vám   

How Are You?
Jak se máš?   
Ako sa máte?   

Good Night
dobrou noc   
Dobrú noc   

Good Evening
dobrý večer   
Dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne   
Dobré popoludnie   

Good Morning
dobré ráno   
Dobré ráno   

Please
prosím   
Prosím   

Sorry
litovat   
Pardón!   

Bye
sbohem   
Dovidenia   

I Love You
Miluji tě   
Ľúbim Ťa   

Excuse Me
promiňte   
Prepáčte!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chod   
Eastern Slovak   

Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   

Dialect 2
Lach   
Central Slovak   

Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia   
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   

Dialect 3
Moravian   
Western Slovak   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
5.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.15 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
5.20 million   
99+

Native Name
čeština / český jazyk   
slovenčina   

Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina   
Slovakian, Slovencina   

French Name
tchèque   
slovaque   

German Name
Tschechisch   
Slowakisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Czechs   
Slovaks   

History

Origin
9th Century   
6th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Western   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech   
Proto-Slavic   

Standard Forms
Standard Czech   
Slovak   

Language Position
73   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cs   
sk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ces   
slk   

ISO 639 2/B
cze   
slo   

ISO 639 3
ces   
slk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
czec1258   
slov1269   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-da   
53-AAA-db   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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Czech and Slovak Speaking population

Czech and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which Czech and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of Czech and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Czech language is 0.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak language is Not Available. 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 Slovak on Czech vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Czech and Slovak Language Codes

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

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