Countries
Czech Republic, European Union
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
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 in
Czech-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
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
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Czech and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Czech and Slovak language. Czech word for "Hello" is ahoj or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Czech Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Czech vs Slovak Difficulty
The Czech vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Czech Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Czech and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Czech is 44 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.