Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
CZECH LANGUAGE
THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Czechoslovakia
Czech Socialist Republic
Czech Republic
19691969
Slovak Republic
1989
Czech-Slovak Federative Republic
1993
Velvet Revolution Velvet Divorce
Czechoslovakia
Czech Socialist Republic
Czech Republic
19691969
Slovak Republic
1989
Czech-Slovak Federative Republic
1993
THE LANGUAGE
Indo-European
Balto-Slavic
Baltic Slavic
West East Latvian
Lithuanian
West Czech Slovak
East Russian
Ukrainian
South
West Bosnian Croatian
East Bulgarian
Macedonian
Indo-European
Balto-Slavic
Baltic Slavic
West East Latvian
Lithuanian
West Czech Slovak
East Russian
Ukrainian
South
West Bosnian Croatian
East Bulgarian
Macedonian
Czech has roots in old church slavonic, the
language was brought to the area by Bysantine missionaries in the 9th
century, latin and german have also influenced czech.
The earliest version of czech utilized the latin
alphabet, during the 13th century speakers began to
modify the latin alphabet to accommodate for czech
sounds that did not appear in latin.
In the 1700s to mid 1800s there was a national
renaissance which was marked by an attempt to purify the language by
removing all words with german roots.
During world war 2 Czech went underground because
german was the official language.
The two dialects literary and spoken began to
resemble each other in the 20th century and are widely
utilized today.
ALPHABET
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S S T U V W X Y Z
A B C Č D Ď E É Ě F G H CH I Í J K L M N Ň O Ó P Q R Ř S Š T Ť U Ú Ů V W X Y Ý Z Ž
Jan Hus (15th century)
A B C Č D Ď E É Ě F G H CH I Í J K L M N Ň O Ó P Q R Ř S Š T Ť U Ú Ů V W X Y Ý Z Ž
Jan Hus (15th century)
A B C Č D Ď E É Ě F G H CH I Í J K L M N Ň O Ó P Q R Ř S Š T Ť U Ú Ů V W X Y Ý Z Ž
~ sch
A B C Č D Ď E É Ě F G H CH I Í J K L M N Ň O Ó P Q R Ř S Š T Ť U Ú Ů V W X Y Ý Z Ž
PHRASES
Good day.
Dobrý den. (DOH-bree dehn)
Hello. (informal)
Ahoj. (ahoy)
Yes.
Ano. (AH-noh.)
No.
Ne. (neh.)
Nice to meet you.
Těší mě. (TYEH-shee myeh.)
Please.
Prosím (Proseem))
Thank you.
Děkuji. (Dyekooyih.)
You're welcome.
Rádo se stalo. (Raado seh stulo.)
http://wikitravel.org/en/Czech_phrasebook
CZECH LANGUAGE
