Czech
Czech is one of 99 world languages in the LEXOS registry, belonging to the Indo-European language family. Every word or phrase can be analysed across 6 linguistic levels: phonetics → phonology → morphology → syntax → semantics → pragmatics.
West Slavic branch of Indo-European; Latin script with diacritics. Famous for consonant clusters with no vowels at all, as in the tongue-twister strc prst skrz krk, meaning roughly 'stick a finger through the throat.'
6 Levels of Analysis for Czech
Other Indo-European languages
Frequently asked about Czech
What language family does Czech belong to?
Indo-European.
At which levels can I analyse Czech?
Six levels: Phonetics (speech sounds, IPA), Phonology (phonemes and sound patterns), Morphology (word structure), Syntax (phrases and sentence structure), Semantics (literal meaning), Pragmatics (meaning in context).
Is Czech one of the most spoken world languages?
Yes — LEXOS catalogues the 99 most-spoken / most-commercially-relevant world languages, covering every major language family and every continent.