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The Czech language is one of the West Slavic languages, along with Slovak, Polish, Pomeranian, and Sorbian. It is spoken by most people in the Czech Republic and by Czechs all over the world (about 12 million native speakers in total).
| Czech (Česká) | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in: | Czech Republic |
| Total speakers: | 12 Million |
| Ranking: | 73 |
| Genetic classification: |
Indo-European Slavic West Czech-Slovak Czech |
| Official status | |
| Official language of: | Czech Republic |
| Regulated by: | Czech Language Institute |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1: | cs |
| ISO 639-2(B): | cze |
| ISO 639-2(T): | ces |
| SIL: | CZC |
Due to its complexity it is said to be a difficult language to learn. The complexity has several sources:
- extensive morphology (some words have over 200 possible word forms)
- seemingly free word order (often all the permutations are valid)
For foreigners even spoken Czech may be very difficult. For example, some words do not appear to have vowels: zmrzl, ztvrdl, scvrnkl, čtvrthrst. The consonants l and r, however, function as sonorants and thus fulfill the role of a vowel. It also has special consolant ř, that is said to be unique for Czech language and almost impossible for foreigner to pronounce.
Je to krutá pravda ...example of Czech language
(Nouns, adjectives, pronouns, verbs)
(Nouns, adjectives, pronouns, numbers, verbs)
Morphology
Word kind
Nouns, adjectives, pronouns, numbers and verbs are flexible kinds; remaining kinds have no morphology.
Flexible kinds have additional morphological attributes.Declensions
Number
Gender
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