Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Czech Republic, European Union
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Czech Republic
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Institute of the Czech Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- 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
Czech Language
  
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Czech-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
Ďakujem vám
  
děkuji
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Jak se máš?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
dobrou noc
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
dobré odpoledne
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
dobré ráno
  
Please
Prosím
  
prosím
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
litovat
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
sbohem
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Miluji tě
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
promiňte
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Chod
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Chodsko, Bohemia
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Lach
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
  
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Moravian
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
slovenčina
  
čeština / český jazyk
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Bohemian, Cestina
  
French Name
slovaque
  
tchèque
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Tschechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Czechs
  
Origin
6th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Western
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Standard Czech
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Czech Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
cs
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
ces
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
cze
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
ces
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
czec1258
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
53-AAA-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Slovak and Czech 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 Slovak and Czech greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Czech language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Czech word for "Thank You" is děkuji. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Czech Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Czech Difficulty
The Slovak vs Czech difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak Alphabets and Czech 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 Slovak and Czech are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Czech, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Czech time required is 44 weeks.