Up to 1840 the Czech language, regenerated by such eminent linguists as Josef Dobrovský and Josef Jungmann, was used by both Czech and Slovak authors, especially Protestants. But the growing national awareness among the Slovak intellectual elite led to the development of a Slovak literary language for the sake of reaching more Slovaks
Language law of Slovakia is primarily governed by two acts: [1] The Act on the State Language of the Slovak Republic [2] (Act No. 270/1995 [3] ), also known as the "State Language Act". [3] [4] It fixes the status and regulates the use of the Slovak language. It took force on 1 January 1996 (except article 10, which entered into force on 1
Advertisement Czechs speak the Czech language which exists in two forms, the literary and colloquial. Slovaks speak a language, Slovak, which is similar to the literary version of the Czech language. The vocabulary in both languages is slightly different. Slovak grammar is somewhat simpler than Czech grammar. Are Slovak andRead More →
There is also a large Slovak community living in the Czech Republic (and Prague) and Slovak is fairly similar to Czech language, so it might sound the same to a foreign ear. Before 1920-40 the main foreign language spoken in Prague (and Czech Republic) was German and then for over 40 years the Russian language or Spanish (since Cuba was a
Since Slovak names will be used from time to time, it is perhaps reassuring to note that since the Slovak language is quite phonetic, its pronunciation is not difficult. Also, as a point of interest, Slavic philologists consider the Slovak language a key to Slavic languages: Russian, White Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Polish, Slovak, Slovenian
nederlandsk said: Everyone says they do. I've only heard Russian and Slovenian. They sound alike. For natives, they obviously do not! For the uninitiated, they might. But Czech is less soft than the others, Russian vocals are less clear, Polish does not have long vowels etc. - all of these influence how the languages sound. Jana.
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do czech republic and slovakia speak the same language