Ahoj
'Hello' in Czech
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Czech, a West Slavic language, is spoken by about 10 million native speakers, primarily in the Czech Republic and among diaspora communities. It uses the Latin alphabet with diacritics like "č," "ě," "š," and "ž." Known for its complex consonant clusters and distinctive pitch, Czech grammar features seven cases for nouns, three grammatical genders (masculine, feminine, neuter), and verb conjugations that vary by tense, mood, and person. Its vocabulary derives from Old Slavic, with loanwords from German, Latin, and English. As the official language of the Czech Republic, Czech is central to its culture, literature, and national identity, closely related to Slovak with some mutual intelligibility.