CZECH: a language of Czech Republic

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: CZC

ISO 639-1: cs

ISO 639-2(B): cze

ISO 639-2(T): ces

Population 10,004,800 in Czech Republic (1990 WA). Population total all countries 12,000,000 (1999 WA).
Region Western, Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia. Also spoken in Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Israel, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, USA.
Alternate names   CESTINA, BOHEMIAN
Dialects CENTRAL BOHEMIAN, CZECHO-MORAVIAN, HANAK, LACH (YALACH), NORTHEAST BOHEMIAN, SOUTHWEST BOHEMIAN.
Classification Indo-European, Slavic, West, Czech-Slovak.
Comments All Czech and Slovak dialects are inherently intelligible to each other's speakers. National language. Grammar. SVO. Christian. Bible 1380-1980.

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