Czech is a member of the West Slavic sub-branch of the Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. This branch includes Polish, Kashubian, Upper and See more

Czech is spoken by about 10 million residents of the Czech Republic. A Eurobarometer survey conducted from January to March … See more

Vowels
Standard Czech contains ten basic vowel phonemes, and three diphthongs. The vowels are /a/, /ɛ/, /ɪ/, /o/, and /u/, and their long counterparts … See more

Czech grammar, like that of other Slavic languages, is fusional; its nouns, verbs, and adjectives are inflected by phonological processes to modify their meanings and … See more

Medieval/Old Czech
The term "Old Czech" is applied to the period predating the 16th century, with the earliest records of … See more

Czech has one of the most phonemic orthographies of all European languages. Its alphabet contains 42 graphemes, most of which … See more

The modern literary standard and prestige variety, known as "Standard Czech" (spisovná čeština) is based on the standardization during the Czech National Revival in the 1830s, significantly influenced by Josef Jungmann's Czech–German … See more