Language code: cs
Technical information about ISO 639 language code cs
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The table below provides technical details for the Czech language, designated by the cs code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Czech Native Čeština |
| Family | Slavic |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Plural rules | |
| Language varieties | BohemianCentral MoravianEastern MoravianSilesian |
| Related languages | SlovakPolishUpper SorbianLower SorbianKashubian |
| Key facts | The unique consonant ř represents a raised alveolar trill found in no other languageVowel length is phonemic, doubling the vowel inventoryWords can be formed with no written vowels, as in the classic tongue-twister “strč prst skrz krk”Nouns inflect for seven grammatical casesThe modern literary standard was largely shaped during the Czech National Revival of the 19th century |
| Sample phrase | Ahoj, jak se máš? |
| Character encodings | |
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Czech belongs to the Indo-European language family, specifically within the Slavic subgroup. It is the official language of the Czech Republic and is recognized as a minority language in Slovakia and Austria. It is written using the Latin script (Czech alphabet). It is estimated that there are more than 10 million speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Czech speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
Related locale codes
cs-CZ – Czech (Czechia)
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
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- Flutter In-Context Editing
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- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and Statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- FAQ
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ