Czech

CES

national

Alternate Names: Bohemian, Cestina

Dialects: Central Bohemian, Czecho-Moravian, Hanak, Lach (Yalach), Northeast Bohemian, Southwest Bohemian. All Czech and Slovak dialects mutually inherently intelligible. Czech is also intelligible with Polish ,.

Status Notes: De facto national language.

Genealogy:

Indo-European
Slavic
West
Czech-Slovak

Demographics: 10,400,000 in Czech Republic (ELDIA 2012). Population total all countries: 10,619,340.

Language Use: 2,239,000 also use English [eng]. 1,866,000 also use Russian [rus]. 2,612,000 also use Standard German [deu].

Language Development: Fully developed. Bible: 1380–1980.

Typology: SVO.

Spoken In: Czech Republic, Austria

Writing System: Braille, Latin

Nation of Origin: Czech Republic

Other Comments: Christian.