Czech language resources – Language Links Database

Czech – is a West Slavic language spoken by over 10 million people. It is an official language in the Czech Republic, where most of its speakers reside, and claims minority language status in Slovakia. It is most closely related to Slovak—with which it is mutually intelligible—then to other West Slavic languages like Polish, and then to other Slavic languages like Russian. Most of its vocabulary is based on roots shared with other Slavic and otherwise Indo-European languages, but many loanwords have been adopted in recent years, most of them associated with high culture.

More information: Wikipedia

Native speakers: 10 million (2007)

Official language in: Czech Republic, European Union, Slovakia (partially)

Czech Grammar and Pronunciation

FSI Language Courses - a textbook (pdf) and 12 audio lessons (mp3)
ILanguages - this site is designed to teach you and help you learn Czech for free through vocabulary, phrases, grammar and flashcards (vocabulary trainer)
LocaLingo - Pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary
CzechLanguage - Grammar, vocabulary, games, jokes and more

Digitized Grammar Books

Factumcz.cz A grammar of Czech, 296 pages (pdf)
Seelrc.org A complete grammar, 113 pages (pdf)

Czech Vocabulary

Digital Dialects - Internet Games to Improve Your Czech Vocabulary
Cram.com - Thousands of flashcards (including lessons)
Quizlet.com - Thousands of flashcards (including lessons).
MasterAnyLanguage - Flashcards for learners of all levels
SurfaceLanguages - Learn phrases in the Czech language by selecting from the list of topics on the right. These cover a wide variety of topics.
Czech.tcheque.free.fr - Thematic vocabulary (on the left)
Wiktionary - A Frequency List of 207 Words
InternetPolyglot - Internet Games to Improve Your Czech Vocabulary
UniLang - A basic phrasebook

Czech Reading Materials

AbyzNewsLinks - A List of over 80 Czech Newspapers and News Media
ThePaperBoy - A List of over 100 hundred Czech Newspapers
WikiPedia - A List of Czech Newspapers

Czech Dictionaries

Czech Listening and Video Resources

PODCASTS / AUDIOBOOKS

Let.Rug.nl - Some Recordings in Czech
Forvo - Learn phrases in the Czech language by selecting from the list of topics on the right. These cover a wide variety of Czech topics, including the numbers in Czech, days of the week in Czech, Czech greetings and the months in Czech. The Czech phrases have audio recorded by a native speaker.