ISO 639-3 · cesces
Indo-European family
Czech
čeština
Czech is a language of the Slavic branch (Indo-European), spoken in Czech Republic. Wikidata counts 10.7 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “West Slavic language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ces- ISO 639-1
cs- Glottocode
czec1258- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- Centre point
- 50.00, 15.00
- Wikipedia
- 222 language editions
10.7 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
3levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Czech · čeština |
|---|---|
| Also called | Czech language, Český, Čeština, Bohemian, Bohemian language |
| L1 speakers | 10,700,000 (2019) |
| Written in | Czech alphabet, Czech Braille |
| Official in | Czech Republic |
| Grammatical cases | 7 listed in Wikidata |
| Grammatical genders | 5 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Czech
The branches above Czech, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Czech Republic
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