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Czech orthography is a system of rules for proper formal writing (orthography) in Czech. The earliest form of separate Latin script specifically designed to suit Czech was devised by Czech theologian and church reformist Jan Hus , the namesake of the Hussite movement , in one of his seminal works, De orthographia bohemica ( On Bohemian ...
The general structure of Czech syllables is: (C)(C)(C)(C)(C)V(C)(C)(C) C – consonant V – vowel or syllabic consonant. Thus, Czech words can have up to five consonants in the initial group (e.g. vzkvět) and three consonants in the final group (not including syllabic
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Czech orthography has influenced the orthographies of other Balto-Slavic languages and some of its characters have been adopted for transliteration of Cyrillic. Czech orthography reflects vowel length; long vowels are indicated by an acute accent or, in the case of the character ů, a ring.
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Czech literature started to appear in the 13th century. The first printed book in Czech, the story of the Trojan war ( Příběh o Trójské válce ), was published at Pilsen ( Plzeň ) in 1468. After many years of Austrian rule, during which German was the main language of literature and government, there was a revival of Czech literature at ...
known as "primitive orthography" (primiLivni pravopis) in Czech linguis tics, continued to be used until the 13th century, and was applied in the first written Czech texts too. The following examples (n°s 2 and 3) illustrate this primitive orthography (with its equivalent in modem orthography):
Modern Czech orthography is characterized by an elaborate system of diacritics which has served as a model for several other Slavonic languages (Croatian, Slovenian, both Sorabian languages and, of course, Slovakian), for some non-Slavonic languages (such as Latvian and Lithuanian), and for the most common system of Cyrillic transliteration.
Czech orthography is a system of rules for proper formal writing (orthography) in Czech. The earliest form of separate Latin script specifically designed to suit Czech was devised by Czech theologian and church reformist Jan Hus, the namesake of the Hussite movement, in one of his seminal works, De orthographia bohemica (English: On Bohemian orthography).
