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Czech is a member of the West Slavic sub-branch of the Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. This branch includes Polish, Kashubian, Upper and Lower Sorbian and Slovak. Slovak is the most closely related language to Czech, followed by Polish and Silesian.
The Czech–Slovak languages (or Czecho-Slovak) are a subgroup within the West Slavic languages comprising the Czech and Slovak languages.. Most varieties of Czech and Slovak are mutually intelligible, forming a dialect continuum (spanning the intermediate Moravian dialects) rather than being two clearly distinct languages; standardised forms of these two languages are, however, easily ...
The Czech German-language literature can be seen in the first half of the 20th century. Bible translations played a role in the development of Czech literature. The oldest Czech translation of the Psalms originated in the late 13th century and the first complete Czech translation of the Bible was finished around 1360. The first complete printed ...
The Czechs (Czech: Češi, pronounced [ˈtʃɛʃɪ]; singular Czech, masculine: Čech ⓘ, singular feminine: Češka [ˈtʃɛʃka]), or the Czech people (Český lid), are a West Slavic ethnic group and a nation native to the Czech Republic [17] in Central Europe, who share a common ancestry, culture, history, and the Czech language.
The Czech Wikipedia ( Czech: Česká Wikipedie) is the Czech language edition of Wikipedia. [ 1][ 2][ 3] This Wikipedia contains 551,209 articles, 2,002 active users, and 32 administrators. It was created on 3 May 2002. [ 4] However, at that time, Wikipedia ran on UseModWiki software.
Purists' attempts to cleanse the language of germanisms (both real and fictitious) had been occurring by that time. The publication of Josef Jungmann’s five-part Czech-German Dictionary (1830–1835) contributed to the renewal of Czech vocabulary. Thanks to the enthusiasm of Czech scientists, Czech scientific terminology was created.
Population. [edit] With an estimated population of 10,516,707 as of 2022, compared to 9.3 million at the beginning of the 20th century, the population growth of the Czech Republic has been limited, due to low fertility rates and loss of population in and around World Wars I and II. Population loss during World War I was approximately 350,000.
In 1960–1999, the Czech part of Czechoslovakia was divided into the Capital City of Prague and following 7 regions: [ 3] Central Bohemian Region ( Středočeský kraj) with the capital in Prague. South Bohemian Region ( Jihočeský kraj) with the capital in České Budějovice. West Bohemian Region ( Západočeský kraj) with the capital in ...