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English vs Czech


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
33  
2

National Language
Czech Republic  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia  
South Africa  

Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42  
22
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
5  
2

How Many Consonants
32  
22
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
ahoj  
Hello  

Thank You
děkuji  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Jak se máš?  
How are you?  

Good Night
dobrou noc  
Good Night  

Good Evening
dobrý večer  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
dobré ráno  
Good Morning  

Please
prosím  
Please  

Sorry
litovat  
Sorry  

Bye
sbohem  
Bye  

I Love You
Miluji tě  
I love you  

Excuse Me
promiňte  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chod  
American English  

Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Lach  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Moravian  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
27
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.15 %  
99+
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
čeština / český jazyk  
English  

Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina  
Not Available  

French Name
tchèque  
anglais  

German Name
Tschechisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Czechs  
Not Available  

History

Origin
9th Century  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Standard Czech  
Standard English  

Language Position
73  
99+
3  
3

Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cs  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ces  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
cze  
eng  

ISO 639 3
ces  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
czec1258  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-da  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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Czech and English Language History

Comparison of Czech vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Czech and English language. History of Czech language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Czech and English Language History.

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Czech and English Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Czech and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Czech and English language. Czech word for "Hello" is ahoj or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Czech Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Czech vs English Difficulty

The Czech vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Czech Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Czech and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Czech and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Czech is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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