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French vs Czech


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union   
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
32   
3

National Language
Czech Republic   
France   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Africa, Canada   

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

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia   
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   

Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   

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.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian   
Italian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42   
22
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
6   
3

How Many Consonants
32   
22
20   
10

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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ahoj   
bonjour   

Thank You
děkuji   
Merci   

How Are You?
Jak se máš?   
Comment allez-vous?   

Good Night
dobrou noc   
bonne Nuit   

Good Evening
dobrý večer   
bonsoir   

Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne   
bon Après-Midi   

Good Morning
dobré ráno   
Bonjour   

Please
prosím   
S'il vous plaît   

Sorry
litovat   
désolé   

Bye
sbohem   
au revoir   

I Love You
Miluji tě   
Je t'aime   

Excuse Me
promiňte   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chod   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
Lach   
African French   

Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia   
Africa   

Dialect 3
Moravian   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
27
1,800,000.00   
16

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.15 %   
99+
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
87.00 million   
11

Native Name
čeština / český jazyk   
français   

Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina   
Français   

French Name
tchèque   
français   

German Name
Tschechisch   
Französisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   

Ethnicity
Czechs   
Not Available   

History

Origin
9th Century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Romance   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech   
Old French, Middle French and French   

Standard Forms
Standard Czech   
Standard French   

Language Position
73   
99+
13   
12

Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cs   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ces   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
cze   
fre   

ISO 639 3
ces   
fra   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
fras   

Glottocode
czec1258   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-da   
51-AAA-i   

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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Czech and French Language History

Comparison of Czech vs French language history gives us differences between origin of Czech and French language. History of Czech language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century. 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 French Language History.

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Czech and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Czech and French language. Czech word for "Hello" is ahoj or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Czech Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Czech vs French Difficulty

The Czech vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Czech Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Czech and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Czech is 44 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.

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