Czech language

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Czech
?e?tina, ?esky jazyk
Native to Czech Republic , Slovakia , Poland and other worldwide.
Ethnicity Czechs , Moravians
Native speakers
10 million (2007) [1]
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)
Spoken Czech

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 [2] and is an inflected language like Latin . The grammar is much more complex than that of English .

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  1. Nationalencyklopedin "Varldens 100 storsta sprak 2007" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007
  2. "Czech nouns - gender: masculine, feminine, neuter" . www.locallingo.com . Retrieved 2019-12-14 .

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