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Czech and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Czech Republic, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Russia   
Czech Republic   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Institute of the Czech Language   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
32   
21

How Many Consonants
21   
11
32   
22

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
ahoj   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
děkuji   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Jak se máš?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
dobrou noc   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
dobré odpoledne   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
dobré ráno   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
prosím   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
litovat   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
sbohem   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Miluji tě   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
promiňte   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Chod   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Chodsko, Bohemia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Lach   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Moravian   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
108,000.00   
27

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
čeština / český jazyk   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Bohemian, Cestina   

French Name
russe   
tchèque   

German Name
Russisch   
Tschechisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Czechs   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Eastern   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Proto-Czech, Old Czech   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Standard Czech   

Language Position
7   
7
73   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Czech Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
cs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
ces   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
cze   

ISO 639 3
rus   
ces   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
czec1258   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
53-AAA-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Russian and Czech Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Russian and Czech dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Czech language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Czech Dialects are spoken in different Czech speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Czech Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Czech dialects include: Chod , Lach. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Czech Speaking population

Russian and Czech speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Czech languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Czech Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Czech language is 0.15 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Russian and Czech on Russian vs Czech where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Czech Language Codes

Russian and Czech language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Czech Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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