cesTechnical information about ISO 639 language code ces
The table below provides technical details for the Czech language, designated by the ces code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Czech Native Čeština |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | BohemianMoravianSilesian |
| Related languages | SlovakPolishUpper SorbianLower Sorbian |
| Key facts | The letter Ř/ř represents a fricative trill unique to CzechThe language allows exceptionally dense consonant clusters, e.g., the word “čtvrthrst”Word order is highly flexible because grammatical relations are marked by seven casesResearch by the Prague Linguistic Circle on Czech helped found modern structural linguisticsThe earliest continuous Czech prose texts date back to the 13th century |
| Sample phrase | Ahoj, jak se máš? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Czech language, identified by the code ces, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
The ISO 639-2 standard offers two codes for the Czech language: ces for terminology purposes and cze for bibliographic uses.
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