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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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