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 mainly in the Czech Republic. About 10 million people speak Czech. It is very much like the Slovak language. People who speak Czech and Slovak can usually understand each other easily.
Czech is an inflected language. This means that words change their endings depending on how they are used in a sentence. For example, nouns in Czech have three genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter. This makes Czech grammar more complex than English grammar.
Images for kids
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The Bible of Kralice was the first full translation of the Bible into Czech from the original languages. It was published between 1579 and 1593.
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Josef Dobrovský helped bring the Czech language back to life as a written language.
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Praha, Texas is a town named after the Czech capital.
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A sign in Czech at the entrance to a children's playground.
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A street named after Božena Němcová. Her name is shown in a special grammar form (genitive case).
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The handwritten Czech alphabet.
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Josef Jungmann created a Czech-German dictionary. This helped create the modern standard Czech language.
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This map shows different ways Czech is spoken, called dialects. These include Czech, Moravian, Lach, and Cieszyn Silesian.
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A headstone from 1591 in Český Krumlov. The writing shows a special Czech sound, spelled ey.
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This map shows the main dialect groups in Moravia and Czech Silesia.
See also
In Spanish: Idioma checo para niños
