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This database contains the names of 11,200 Czech immigrants to the United States. We transcribed the information for 5600 of these Czech immigrants from the Hospodar newspaper of the early 1890s, which documented Czechs primarily living in Nebraska and parts of Kansas and a few immigrants to Canada.
- Official Language of The Czech Republic
- Varieties of The Czech Language
- Minority Languages Spoken in The Czech Republic
The origin of the Czech language is traced back to the 9th and 10th centuries, when Czech and Slovak branched from the West Slavic language group. During this period through to the 20th century, the Czech language was known as Bohemian language. The earliest records written in Czech appeared in the 13th and 14th centuries. A statement in the 13th c...
The Czech language is a classified under the Indo-European language family, and as a member of the Czech-Slovak language group, it is closely related to the Slovak language. There are three main varieties of Czech language used in the Czech Republic, which are geographically defined. Each of the three varieties has distinct characteristics which se...
Slovak and Polish are the main minority languages spoken in the Czech Republic. Slovak and Polish are closely related to the Czech language, as the three languages are from the West Slavic language group. Slovak is spoken as the first language by a small population of Slovak people in the country. The Polish dialect spoken in the country is that of...
As the official language of the Czech Republic (a member of the European Union since 2004), Czech is one of the EU's official languages and the 2012 Eurobarometer survey found that Czech was the foreign language most often used in Slovakia.
Because of the differences between Czech and English—Czech is a Slavic language, while English is Germanic—the acquisition of English as a second language presents a challenge to Czech Americans. The U.S. public school system and Czech American benevolent organizations have provided systematic English-language instruction to assist Czech ...
Czech Americans (Czech: Čechoameričané), known in the 19th and early 20th century as Bohemian Americans, are citizens of the United States whose ancestry is wholly or partly originate from the Czech lands, a term which refers to the majority of the traditional lands of the Bohemian Crown, namely Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia.
Apr 30, 2021 · In 2019, over 2 million people in the United States reported being of Czech or Slovak heritage, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Many of these individuals are descendants of Czech immigrants that have developed their own unique culture that blends their Czech heritage with American traditions.
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The official language is Czech, which was spoken by about 96% of the population. Other common languages spoken are Slovak, German, Polish, and Romany. Czech is a West Slavic language closely related to Slovak and Polish.
