Countries
Czech Republic, European Union
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Chod
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Origin
9th Century
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Standard Czech
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
czec1258
russ1263
Linguasphere
53-AAA-da
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Czech and Russian 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 Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Czech and Russian language. Czech word for "Hello" is ahoj or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Czech Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Czech vs Russian Difficulty
The Czech vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Czech Alphabets and Russian 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 Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Czech and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Czech is 44 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.