Czech language
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| Czech | |
|---|---|
| čeština, český jazyk | |
| Native to | Czech Republic |
| Ethnicity | Czechs, Moravians |
| Native speakers | 10 million (2007)[1] |
| 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 |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | cs |
| ISO 639-2 | cze (B) ces (T) |
| ISO 639-3 | ces |
| Linguasphere | 53-AAA-da < 53-AAA-b...-d (varieties: 53-AAA-daa to 53-AAA-dam) |
The Czech language is a Slavic language. People in the Czech Republic speak it. Ten million people speak it. It has three genders. It is an inflected language like Latin. It is very similar to the Slovak language, to the point of the differences between these two languages being smaller than differences between dialects of some other languages.
References [change]
- ↑ Nationalencyklopedin "Världens 100 största språk 2007" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007
