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Czech vs Slovak


Slovak vs Czech


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

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

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

Alphabets
42   
22
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
15   
12

How Many Consonants
32   
22
38   
27

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

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
108,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
5.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.15 %   
99+
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   

History

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
73   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Czech and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Czech vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Czech and Slovak language. History of Czech language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak Language History.

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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.

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