Czech, Cesky

	Czech is a Western Slavonic language, and is related to Slovak, Polish and Sorbian.
	12,000,000 speakers
	Czech is the official language in the Czech Republic. Home speakers also live in Slovakia and some scattered communities can be found in Poland, Croatia, Austria and Ukraine.
	Latin, with the addition of 3 diacritics (the accents and squiggles that get added on to certain letters): , the stroke: ´, and the circle: º.
	Czech words and names appear in Latin manuscripts from the 10th century, but the first full piece of Czech is a 13th century 4-verse hymn:
	Zlouo do zveta ztworene Before the creation of the world, the Word V boƒtui zhowano Was concealed in the divinity Ieƒ pro Euino zreƒƒenie And because of Eve's sinning Na zuet pozlano It was sent down into the world.
	In medieval times, Czech was one of the most important international languages, in the way that English is today.
	BBC World Service in Czech.

Key Phrases Ano. Yes. Ne. No. Vítáme vás! Welcome! Pleased to meet you. Ahoj! Hello. Nashledanou. Goodbye. Thank you.
	Jmenuji se ... My name is ... Mluvíte anglicky? Do you speak English? I'm sorry, I don't speak Czech. I need help. Kde je záchod, prosím? Where is the toilet, please?

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