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Dictionaries
Language Facts
- 10,004,800 Speakers in Czech Republic (1990 WA); 1,452,812 in USA (1970 census); 27,780 in Canada (1971 census); 21,000 in Ukraine (1970 census); 9,000 in Bulgaria; 12 million speakers in all countries (1995 WA). Dialects: CENTRAL BOHEMIAN, CZECHO-MORAVIAN, HANAK, LACH (YALACH), NORTHEAST BOHEMIAN, SOUTHWEST BOHEMIAN. All Czech and Slovak dialects are inherently intelligible. (For more informaiton, refer to Ethnologue, Barbara F. Grimes, eds. 13th Edition)
Language Program
- Beloit College Center for Language Studies (US)
- Charles University (Prague) Institute of Czech Studies (Czech Republic).
- Department of Czech for Foreigners at Masaryk University, Czech Republic. (English).
- Indiana University. Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages (US)
- University of Iowa Summer Language Institute (US)
- University of Pittsburgh Russian and East European Summer Language Institute (US)
- University of Washington - INTENSIVE SUMMER CZECH, UKRAINIAN AND RUSSIAN (US)
Teaching and Learning Resources
- Basic Czech Phrases
- Czech Internet BookStore - large selection of Czech language courses, textbooks, dictionaries, audio tapes and other materials
- Czech Pronunciation
- Czech Teaching Materials and Language Information by Jeff Holdeman
- Essential Czech on the Web - a few Czech words and phrases to remember (contains also audio in AU format)
- Institute of the Czech National Corpus prepares an extensive and representative collection of texts recorded on computer, which will contribute to a wider and deeper understanding of the language. (Czech / English)
- Language Textbooks and Guides
- Listserv for Teachers of Czech - Those interested can be added to the list by sending an e-mail. Just click the title. In the body of the e-mail, type: (subscribe CZECH Firstname Lastname)
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