Indo-European family

Czech

1500 CE – today Living

Czech (1500 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Slavic → Proto-West Slavic → Old Czech → Czech.

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Speakers
10.7M (10,700,000)
ISO 639-3
ces
Glottocode
czec1258

Includes Middle Czech (16th–18th c.) and the 19th-century National Revival standard.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Slavicc. 200 BCE – 600 CE
  3. Proto-West Slavicc. 600 CE – 1000 CE
  4. Old Czechc. 1000 CE – 1500 CE
  5. Czech1500 CE – today

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