Czechia
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Bavarian
[bar] Karlovy Vary and Plzen regions; Vysocina region: Jihlavsky. Users: 9,000 in Czechia (2005). Status: 5* (Developing). Alternate Names: Bavarian Austrian, Bayerisch, Boarisch. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Upper German, Bavarian-Austrian.
Bulgarian
[bul] Users: 5,410 in Czechia (2011 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Eastern.
Croatian
[hrv] Users: 1,390 in Czechia (2011 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western.
Czech
[ces] Widespread. Users: 10,532,000 in Czechia, all users. L1 users: 10,400,000 in Czechia (European Commission 2012). L2 users: 132,000 (European Commission 2012). Total users in all countries: 13,414,560 (as L1: 10,732,560; as L2: 2,682,000). Status: 1 (National). De facto national language. Alternate Names: Bohemian. Autonym: Český jazyk, Čeština. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, West, Czech-Slovak.
Czech Sign Language
[cse] Scattered. Users: 10,000 (2019 EUD). EUD estimate is of deaf sign language users (about 0.1% of the total population). Other estimates: 12,000 (2011 census); 51,500 deaf (2014 IMB). Status: 5 (Developing). Recognized language (1998, Zákon o komunikačních systémech neslyšících a hluchoslepých osob (Law on communication systems of deaf and deafblind persons) 155/1998, Article 4, as amended 384/2008, Part One). Alternate Names: CZJ, Český Znakový Jazyk. Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
English
[eng] Users: 2,907,200 in Czechia, all users. L1 users: 7,200 in Czechia (2011 census). L2 users: 2,900,000 (European Commission 2012). Status: 4 (Educational). Alternate Names: Angličtina. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
French
[fra] Users: 235,060 in Czechia, all users. L1 users: 2,060 in Czechia (2011 census). L2 users: 233,000 (Beck et al 2018). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French.
German, Standard
[deu] Karlovy Vary and Ústí nad Labem regions; Erzgebirge mountain range. Users: 1,624,100 in Czechia, all users. L1 users: 14,100 in Czechia (2011 census). L2 users: 1,610,000 (2020). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (2001, National Minority Rights Act No. 273, Article 2). Alternate Names: Deutsch, Němec. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German.
Greek
[ell] Users: 1,360 in Czechia (2011 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Greek, Attic.
Hungarian
[hun] Users: 11,500 in Czechia (2011 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Uralic.
Italian
[ita] Users: 1,420 in Czechia (2011 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Italo-Dalmatian.
Mongolian, Halh
[khk] Users: 3,330 in Czechia (2011 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Mongolic, Eastern, Oirat-Khalkha, Khalkha-Buriat, Mongolian Proper.
Polish
[pol] Moravia-Silesia region: eastern Frydek-Mistek; Karviná district. Users: 33,600 in Czechia (2011 census). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (2001, National Minority Rights Act No. 273, Article 2). Alternate Names: Polština. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, West, Lechitic.
Romani, Carpathian
[rmc] Scattered. Users: 2,710 in Czechia (2011 census). Status: 6b* (Threatened). Recognized language (2001, National Minority Rights Act No. 273, Article 2). Alternate Names: Bashaldo, Hungarian-Slovak Romani, Karpacki Roma, Romanes, Romungro. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Romani, Northern.
Romani, Sinte
[rmo] Scattered. Users: 5,100 in Czechia (2004). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (2001, National Minority Rights Act No. 273, Article 2). Alternate Names: Romanes, Sinte, Sinti, Tsigane. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Romani, Northern.
Romanian
[ron] Users: 4,920 in Czechia (2011 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Eastern.
Russian
[rus] Users: 2,000,000 in Czechia (Arefyev 2012), all users. L1 users: 31,600 (2011 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, East.
Rusyn
[rue] Hlavni Mesto; Prague area. Users: 780 in Czechia (2011 census). Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Recognized language (2001, National Minority Rights Act No. 273, Article 2). Alternate Names: Carpathian, Carpatho-Rusyn, Ruthenian. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, East.
Serbian
[srp] Users: 1,930 in Czechia (2011 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western.
Silesian, Lower
[sli] Moravia-Silesia and Olomouc regions. Users: 10,900 in Czechia (2001 census). Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Alternate Names: Upper Schlesisch. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German.
Slovak
[slk] Major cities. Users: 1,854,000 in Czechia, all users. L1 users: 154,000 in Czechia (2011 census). L2 users: 1,700,000 (European Commission 2012). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (2001, National Minority Rights Act No. 273, Article 2). Alternate Names: Slovenčina, Slovenský Jazyk. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, West, Czech-Slovak.
Spanish
[spa] Users: 39,220 in Czechia, all users. L1 users: 1,920 in Czechia (2011 census). L2 users: 37,300 (Instituto Cervantes 2019). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian.
Ukrainian
[ukr] Users: 48,300 in Czechia (2011 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, East.
Vietnamese
[vie] Users: 30,800 in Czechia (2011 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Viet-Muong, Vietnamese.