Czech
Čeština
Czech has a letter used by no other language in the world: ř. It also allows syllabic consonants, which makes whole words possible without a single vowel, such as krk or prst. The use of diacritics rather than digraphs, which gives written Czech its distinctively clean look, is traditionally credited to Jan Hus in the early fifteenth century.
- Family
- West Slavic
- Script
- Latin
- Speakers
- ≈ 10 million
- Where
- Czechia
- In the game
- Mid-range language
How to spot it
The ř exists only in Czech. Long accents á é í ý and the ringed ů. Words with no vowel at all: krk, prst.
A few sentences
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Každé ráno si dávám šálek kávy před prací.
Every morning I have a cup of coffee before work.
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V neděli jezdíme k babičce na venkov.
On Sundays we drive to our grandmother’s in the country.
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Musím zalít kytky.
I have to water the plants.
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Zítra mám volno.
I am off work tomorrow.
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Musím si nechat ostříhat vlasy.
I need to get my hair cut.