Languages of Czech Republic
Czech Republic. 10,192,000. National or official language: Czech. Literacy rate: 99%. Immigrant languages: Bulgarian (4,360), Croatian (1,590), Greek (3,220), Hungarian (14,700), Romanian (1,240), Russian (12,400), Rusyn (1,110), Serbian (1,800), Ukrainian (22,100), Vietnamese (17,500). Information mainly from B. Comrie 1987. Blind population: 10,000 in former Czechoslovakia. Deaf population: 63,037. Deaf institutions: 51 in former Czechoslovakia. The number of individual languages listed for Czech Republic is 10. Of those, all are living languages.
| Albanian, Gheg | [aln]
690 in Czech Republic (2001 census).
Classification: Indo-European, Albanian, Gheg
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| Bavarian | [bar]
9,000 in Czech Republic (2005).
Alternate names: Bavarian Austrian, Bayerisch.
Dialects: Central Bavarian, North Bavarian, South Bavarian (Heanzian).
Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Upper German, Bavarian-Austrian
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| Czech | [ces]
9,250,000 in Czech Republic (2001 census). Population total all countries: 9,490,840. West: Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia. Also in Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Israel, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine, United States.
Alternate names: Bohemian, Cestina.
Dialects: Central Bohemian, Czecho-Moravian, Hanak, Lach (Yalach), Northeast Bohemian, Southwest Bohemian. All Czech and Slovak dialects are mutually inherently intelligible.
Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, West, Czech-Slovak
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| Czech Sign Language | [cse]
Dialects: Partially intelligible with French Sign Language [fsl].
Classification: Deaf sign language
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| German, Standard | [deu]
39,100 in Czech Republic (2001 census). Erzgebirge, a border mountain range.
Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German
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| Polish | [pol]
52,000 in Czech Republic (2001 census).
Alternate names: Polski.
Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, West, Lechitic
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| Romani, Carpathian | [rmc]
380,000 in Czech Republic (2001 census). Slovakia. Population total all countries: 472,470. Central, Bohemia, and Moravia. Also in Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, United States.
Alternate names: Bashaldo, Hungarian-Slovak Romani, Romungro.
Dialects: Moravian Romani, East Slovakian Romani, West Slovakian Romani. Not intelligible with Vlax Romani [rmy] or Angloromani [rme].
Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern
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| Romani, Sinte | [rmo]
5,100 in Czech Republic (2004).
Alternate names: Rommanes, Sinte, Sinti, Tsigane.
Dialects: Lallere.
Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern
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| Silesian, Upper | [sli]
10,900 in Czech Republic (2001 census).
Alternate names: Upper Schlesisch.
Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German
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| Slovak | [slk]
193,000 in Czech Republic (2001 census).
Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, West, Czech-Slovak
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