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Čeština)Czech is a Western Slavonic language spoken by about 12
million people in the Czech Republic ( Česká republika).
There are also many people of
Czech origin in other countries, particularly the USA. Czech is closely
related to Slovak, Polish and Sorbian.
The region where Czech is spoken is traditionally called Bohemia ( Čechy)
and was named after the Boii tribe who, according to Roman sources, have
inhabited the area since at least the 1st century AD. The dialects spoken
in Moravia ( Morava) are also considered forms of Czech.
Czech literature started to appear in the 13th century. The first printed
book in Czech, the story of the Trojan war ( příběh o Trójské válce), was published at Plzeň
(Pilsen) in 1468. After many years of Austrian rule, during which German
was the main language of literature and government, there was a revival
of Czech literature at the end of the 18th century.
The most prominent writer during the early period of Czech literature
was Jan Hus (1369-1415), a religious reformer who also reformed Czech
spelling ( české hláskování). He created the system of having one grapheme (letter) for
every phoneme (sound) in the language by adding accents ( čárka) to some of the
letters. As a result, written Czech looks very different to written
Polish. For example, in Czech the sound ch, as in church, is written
č, but the same sound is written cz
in Polish.
česká abeceda) & pronunciation
A recording of the Czech alphabet by Zbyněk Bambušek
dlouhé á
is also know as á s
čárkou. The same is the case for the other long
vowels: é, í, ó, ú and ý.
je]
after p, b and v, [ e] after d, t
and n (which become palatalized: ď, ť, ň). After
m, ě = [ mɲe], but it
is pronounced [ mje] in some regions.
xle:p],
jazz [ ʤes],
rub [ rup].
spi:t],
sbít "hammer together" [ zbi:t].
v becomes devoiced as /f/ before a voiceless consonant, eg. předevčírem ['pr̝̊ɛdɛ,ftʃi:rem]
"day before yesterday", but does not cause preceding voiceless consonants to become voiced, eg. kvalita ['kvalita] "quality".
jedl,
kapr,
sedm
Recordings in the text by Jan Jurčík
Všichni lidé se rodí svobodní a sobě rovní co do důstojnosti a práv. Jsou nadáni rozumem a svědomím a mají spolu jednat v duchu bratrství.
A recording of this text by Vaclav Dekanovsky
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They
are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another
in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Tower of Babel in Czech | Useful phrases in Czech
Czech language learning materials
If you have any questions about Czech you can ask Jan Jurčík at esperantista@email.cz
Information about the Czech language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_language
http://bohemica.com/czechonline
Online Czech lessons and other resources for learners
http://www.locallingo.com
http://www.czechprimer.org
http://www.videocestina.cz
http://www.myczechrepublic.com/czech_language/
http://www.czech-language.cz/
http://www.digitaldialects.com/Czech.htm
http://www.myczechonline.com
Yellow Pages of The Czech Language / Zlaté stránky českého jazyka
http://www.bohemica.com/czechonline/reference/referencetop.htm
Online Czech dictionaries
http://www.wordbook.cz
http://slovnik.seznam.cz
http://www.slovnik.cz
http://www.1.iprograms.org/
http://www.online-slovnik.cz
Czech Electronic talking dictionaries
http://www.ectaco.com
Tlumočení a české překlady cizích jazyků
http://tlumoceni.org
Online Czech language radio
http://www.bbc.co.uk/czech
http://www.radio.cz
http://www.rozhlas.cz/english/portal
Online Czech news and magazines
http://www.novinky.cz
http://www.ihned.cz
http://www.halonoviny.cz
http://www.lidovky.cz
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