Czech
West Slavic language
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The Czech is an intangible entity associated with the Czech Republic[1].
Key Facts
- Country: Czech Republic[3]
- Instance of: modern language[4], language[5], spoken language[6]
- Subclass of: Czech–Slovak languages[7], West Slavic[8]
- Writing system: Czech alphabet[9], Czech Braille[10]
- Commons category: Czech language[11]
- Wikimedia language code: cs[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Czech language[13]
- Language regulatory body: Institute of the Czech Language[14]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 10,700,000[15]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Czech language[16]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Vlastenský slovník historický[19], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[20], New International Encyclopedia[21]
- Topic has template: Template:-cs-[22], Šablona:Čeština[23], Template:Lang-cz[24]
- Native label: čeština[25], český jazyk[26]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C153875[27]
- Short name: чешский[28], чеська[29], чэшская[30], чехӣ[31], чехаг[32], чешки[33], Czech[34], Tschechisch[35], češčina[36]
- Different from: Q123684102[37], Q134520516[38]
- Indigenous to: Czech Republic[39]
- Female form of label: la langue tchèque[40]
- Studied by: Czech studies[41]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/CES[42]
- Has grammatical case: nominative case[43], genitive case[44], dative case[45], accusative case[46], vocative case[47], locative case[48]
Why It Matters
Czech has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Czech is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]