Czechia

Czech

[ces] 1 (National). De facto national language. 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).

4 (Educational)

English

[eng] 4 (Educational). 2,907,200 in Czechia, all users. L1 users: 7,200 in Czechia (2011 census). L2 users: 2,900,000 (European Commission 2012).

5 (Developing)

Bavarian

[bar] 5* (Developing). 9,000 in Czechia (2005).

Czech Sign Language

[cse] 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). 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).

5 (Dispersed)

French

[fra] 5* (Dispersed). 235,060 in Czechia, all users. L1 users: 2,060 in Czechia (2011 census). L2 users: 233,000 (Beck et al 2018).

German, Standard

[deu] 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (2001, National Minority Rights Act No. 273, Article 2). 1,624,100 in Czechia, all users. L1 users: 14,100 in Czechia (2011 census). L2 users: 1,610,000 (2020).

Polish

[pol] 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (2001, National Minority Rights Act No. 273, Article 2). 33,600 in Czechia (2011 census).

Romani, Sinte

[rmo] 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (2001, National Minority Rights Act No. 273, Article 2). 5,100 in Czechia (2004).

Slovak

[slk] 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (2001, National Minority Rights Act No. 273, Article 2). 1,854,000 in Czechia, all users. L1 users: 154,000 in Czechia (2011 census). L2 users: 1,700,000 (European Commission 2012).

6a (Vigorous)

Rusyn

[rue] 6a* (Vigorous). Recognized language (2001, National Minority Rights Act No. 273, Article 2). 780 in Czechia (2011 census).

Silesian, Lower

[sli] 6a* (Vigorous). 10,900 in Czechia (2001 census).

6b (Threatened)

Romani, Carpathian

[rmc] 6b* (Threatened). Recognized language (2001, National Minority Rights Act No. 273, Article 2). 2,710 in Czechia (2011 census).

Unestablished

Bulgarian

[bul] Unestablished. 5,410 in Czechia (2011 census).

Croatian

[hrv] Unestablished. 1,390 in Czechia (2011 census).

Greek

[ell] Unestablished. 1,360 in Czechia (2011 census).

Hungarian

[hun] Unestablished. 11,500 in Czechia (2011 census).

Italian

[ita] Unestablished. 1,420 in Czechia (2011 census).

Mongolian, Halh

[khk] Unestablished. 3,330 in Czechia (2011 census).

Romanian

[ron] Unestablished. 4,920 in Czechia (2011 census).

Russian

[rus] Unestablished. 2,000,000 in Czechia (Arefyev 2012), all users. L1 users: 31,600 (2011 census).

Serbian

[srp] Unestablished. 1,930 in Czechia (2011 census).

Spanish

[spa] Unestablished. 39,220 in Czechia, all users. L1 users: 1,920 in Czechia (2011 census). L2 users: 37,300 (Instituto Cervantes 2019).

Ukrainian

[ukr] Unestablished. 48,300 in Czechia (2011 census).

Vietnamese

[vie] Unestablished. 30,800 in Czechia (2011 census).

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