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Slovak (/ ˈ s l oʊ v æ k,-v ɑː k / SLOH-va(h)k; endonym: slovenčina [ˈslɔʋentʂina] or slovenský jazyk [ˈslɔʋenskiː ˈjazik]) is a West Slavic language of the Czech–Slovak group, written in Latin script. It is part of the Indo-European language family, and is one of the Slavic languages, which are part of the larger Balto-Slavic ...
Earliest records. 14th century. Hussite period. Middle Czech. Humanistic period. Baroque period. Early Modern Czech. Modern Czech. See also. Notes. References. History of the Czech language. The Czech language developed at the close of the 1st millennium from common West Slavic. Until the early 20th century, it was known as Bohemian .
The Slovak language is a West Slavic language. Historically, it forms a dialect continuum with Czech. The written standard is based on the work of Ľudovít Štúr, published in the 1840s and codified in July 1843 in Hlboké .
The West Slavic languages are a subdivision of the Slavic language group. They include Polish , Czech , Slovak , Kashubian , Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian . [1] The languages have traditionally been spoken across a mostly continuous region encompassing the Czech Republic , Slovakia , Poland , [1] the westernmost regions of Ukraine and Belarus ...
Czech, historically also known as Bohemian, is a West Slavic language of the Czech–Slovak group, written in Latin script. Spoken by over 10 million people, it serves as the official language of the Czech Republic. Czech is closely related to Slovak, to the point of high mutual intelligibility, as well as to Polish to a lesser degree.
Mar 16, 2024 · John Amos Comenius. Related Topics: Czech literature. West Slavic languages. Czech language, West Slavic language closely related to Slovak, Polish, and the Sorbian languages of eastern Germany. It is spoken in the historical regions of Bohemia, Moravia, and southwestern Silesia in the Czech Republic, where it is the official language.
The Czechoslovak language was a political sociolinguistic concept used in Czechoslovakia in 1920–1938 for the definition of the state language of the country which proclaimed its independence as the republic of two nations, i.e. ethnic groups, Czechs and Slovaks.
