Moravian dialects are the varieties of Czech spoken in Moravia, a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic. There are more forms of the Czech language used in Moravia than in the rest of th
An inscription on the façade of Prostějov castle showing a poem written in Hanakian dialect
A mural at Uherské Hradiště railway station with two lines of poetry written in an Eastern Moravian dialect
A page from a popular encyclopedia describing the ethnic composition of Moravia in 1878, along with the Moravian dialects. This writing identifies the Wallachian dialect as a transitional dialect between Czech and Slovak, while the inhabitants of Moravian Slovakia are described as Slovaks.
Czech, historically known as Bohemian, is a West Slavic language of the Czech–Slovak group, written in Latin script. Spoken by over 12 million people including second-language speakers, it serves as t
Moravian dialects
…Moravian dialects (Czech: moravská nářečí, moravština) are the varieties of Czech spoken in Moravia, a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic. There are more forms…
Spoken by a majority Spoken by a minority
The Bible of Kralice was the first complete translation of the Bible into the Czech language from the original languages. Its six volumes were first published between 1579 and 1593.
Josef Dobrovský, whose writing played a key role in reviving Czech as a written language
Praha, Texas (Note the absence of diacritics. In standard Czech, it would be Vítáme Vás […] Matička Praha.)