How different are the Czech and Slovak languages?

Czech and Slovak are about as different as American English and British English -- different vocabulary, false cognates, varied syntax, localized idioms, and different slang. I won't even mention accent as a factor. read more

Czech and Slovak are about as different as American English and British English -- different vocabulary, false cognates, varied syntax, localized idioms, and different slang. I won't even mention accent as a factor. read more

Since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Czech and Slovak written standards have been the official languages of the Czech and Slovak Republics, respectively. Beginning in the 1990s, a political movement of Moravian linguistic separatism has developed. read more

Differences in Language. Czechs speak the Czech language which exists in two forms, the literary and colloquial. Slovaks speak a language, Slovak, which is similar to the literary version of the Czech language. The vocabulary in both languages is slightly different. Slovak grammar is somewhat simpler than Czech grammar. read more