How similar are Czech, Bulgarian, Slovenian, and Polish? What is the difference between them? In this video Eva, from the Czech Republic, Vasil, from Bulgaria, Klara, from Slovenia, and Szymon, from Poland, will demonstrate to what extent they can understand each other.
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Czech (čeština), historically also known as Bohemian, is the official language of the Czech Republic, and categorized as a West Slavic language.
Bulgarian (български) is the official language of Bulgaria and recognized as a minority language in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Ukraine, Serbia, Albania, and Romania. It's categorized as a South Slavic language.
Slovene / Slovenian (slovenščina) is a South Slavic language primarily spoken in Slovenia, where it is one of the three official languages.
Polish (polski) is a West Slavic language, is the native language of the Poles and is spoken primarily in Poland where it has official status, along with the European Union. The Polish alphabet contains 9 additions to the letters of the basic Latin script (ą, ć, ę, ł, ń, ó, ś, ź, ż). Polish is closely related to Kashubian, Silesian, Upper Sorbian, Lower Sorbian, Czech and Slovak. Historically, Polish began to emerge as a distinct language around the 10th century which largely triggered the establishment of the Polish state. In addition to Poland, the Polish language is native to Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, central-western Lithuania, bordering regions of western Ukraine and western Belarus, Romania, Moldova. It is recognized as a minority language in Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovakia, and Ukraine.
