Czech language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Czech |
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| čeština, český jazyk | |
| Native to | Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and other worldwide. |
| Ethnicity | Czechs, Moravians |
| Native speakers | 10 million (2007) |
| Language family | |
| Writing system | Latin script (Czech alphabet) Czech Braille |
| Official status | |
| Official language in |  Czech Republic European Union Slovakia (partially) |
| Regulated by | Institute of the Czech Language |
| Linguasphere | 53-AAA-da < 53-AAA-b...-d (varieties: 53-AAA-daa to 53-AAA-dam) |
The Czech language is a Slavic language spoken by people in the Czech Republic. Ten million people speak it. It is very similar to the Slovak language; the differences between these two languages are small enough that speakers of Czech and Slovak usually understand each other.
It has three genders and is an inflected language like Latin. The grammar is much more complex than that of English.
Images for kids
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The Bible of Kralice was the first complete translation of the Bible into the Czech language from the original languages. Its six volumes were first published between 1579 and 1593.
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Josef Dobrovský, whose writing played a key role in reviving Czech as a written language.
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A Czech-language sign at the entrance to a children's playground
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A street named after Božena Němcová with her name declined in the genitive case (a sign probably from the time of the Protectorate).
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The handwritten Czech alphabet
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Josef Jungmann, whose Czech-German dictionary laid the foundations for modern Standard Czech.
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Dialects of Czech, Moravian, Lach, and Cieszyn Silesian spoken in the Czech Republic. The border areas, where German was formerly spoken, are now mixed.
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A headstone in Český Krumlov from 1591. The inscription features the distinctive Bohemian diphthong /ɛɪ̯/, spelled ⟨ey⟩.
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Traditional territory of the main dialect groups of Moravia and Czech Silesia. Green: Central Moravian, Red: East Moravian, Yellow: Lach (Silesian), Pink: Cieszyn Silesian, Orange: Bohemian–Moravian transitional dialects, Purple: Mixed areas
See also
In Spanish: Idioma checo para niños
