Czech (/ˈtʃɛk/; čeština Czech pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʃɛʃcɪna]) is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century. Czech is similar to and mutually intelligible with Slovak the Sorbian languages and to a lesser extent with other Slavic languages.
ISO 639-1 code
cs
ISO 639-3 code
ces
family
Slavic languages, West Slavic languages, Balto-Slavic languages
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