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A language of
Czech Republic
Location
Widespread.
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Argentina
Language Name
Czech
User Population
8,000 in Argentina (2018), based on nationality.
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Australia
Language Name
Czech
User Population
7,940 in Australia (2016 census).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Austria
Language Name
Czech
User Population
17,700 in Austria (2003 UNSD).
Location
Lower Austria.
Alternate Names
Čeština, Český jazyk
Language Status
5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (1955, Treaty of Vienna).
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Bulgaria
Language Name
Czech
User Population
9,000 in Bulgaria (2016 J. Leclerc).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Canada
Language Name
Czech
User Population
22,300 in Canada (2016 census).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Croatia
Language Name
Czech
User Population
6,290 in Croatia (2011 census). Ethnic population: 9,640 (2011 census).
Location
Bjelovar-Bilogora, Požega-Slavonia, and Sisak-Moslavina counties.
Alternate Names
Češki, Čeština, Český jazyk
Language Status
4 (Educational). Statutory language of provincial identity in Bjelovarsko-Bilogors county (2002, Constitutional Law on the Rights of Minorities, Article 15), based on census results, the Czech minority has the right to elect 1 member to the national legislature.
Language Development
Taught in some primary schools, as part of the minority education program.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Denmark
Language Name
Czech
User Population
1,670 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Germany
Language Name
Czech
User Population
61,700 in Germany (2020 census), based on nationality.
Language Status
Unestablished.
Language Use
Used as L2 by Bavarian [bar].
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Kazakhstan
Language Name
Czech
User Population
1,000 in Kazakhstan (Leclerc 2017e).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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New Zealand
Language Name
Czech
User Population
1,530 in New Zealand (2013 census).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Norway
Language Name
Czech
User Population
2,590 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Poland
Language Name
Czech
User Population
1,430 in Poland (2013 UNSD).
Location
Łódź voivodship: Bełchatów county, Zelów; Lower Silesia voivodship: Kłodzko county; Masovia voivodship: Warsaw; Silesia voivodship: Cieszyn county.
Alternate Names
Čeština, Český jazyk
Language Status
5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (2005, Minorities Act of 2 January, Article 2(2)).
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Romania
Language Name
Czech
User Population
2,170 in Romania (2011 census). Ethnic population: 2,480 (2011 census).
Location
Caras-Severin county: Bigar, Eibenthal, Gernic, Ravensca, and Sumita settlements; Mehedinti county.
Alternate Names
Cehă, Čeština, Český jazyk
Language Status
5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (2005, National Minority Status Law, Article 3(2)).
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Russian Federation
Language Name
Czech
User Population
13,100 in Russian Federation (2012 UNSD).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Serbia
Language Name
Czech
User Population
45,000 in Serbia (Leclerc 2020c).
Location
South Banat district: Bela Crkva municipality, Češko Selo village.
Alternate Names
Češki, Čeština, Český jazyk
Language Status
5* (Dispersed).
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Slovakia
Language Name
Czech
User Population
2,585,200 in Slovakia, all users. L1 users: 35,200 in Slovakia (2013 UNSD). L2 users: 2,550,000 (European Commission 2012).
Location
Widespread.
Alternate Names
Čeština, Český jazyk
Language Status
5* (Dispersed).
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Spain
Language Name
Czech
User Population
6,950 in Spain (2020 census), based on nationality.
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Switzerland
Language Name
Czech
User Population
11,000 in Switzerland (2012 UNSD).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Ukraine
Language Name
Czech
User Population
1,190 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 5,920 (2001 census).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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United Kingdom
Language Name
Czech
User Population
29,400 in United Kingdom (2011 census).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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United States
Language Name
Czech
User Population
47,400 in United States (2015 census).
Location
Scattered.
Alternate Names
Čeština, Český jazyk
Dialects
Texas Czech.
Language Status
5* (Dispersed).
Language Use
Most also use English [eng].
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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