Editing Czechs (section)

== Czech language ==
{{Main|Czech language}}
{{See also|History of the Czech language}}

The Czech language is spoken by approximately 12 million people around the world, but the vast majority are in the [[Czech Republic]].<ref name="Czechl">{{cite web
| title = Czech language
| url = http://www.czech.cz/en/culture/czech-arts/czech-language-and-literature/the-czech-language/
| publisher = Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
| access-date = 1 February 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080118015600/http://www.czech.cz/en/culture/czech-arts/czech-language-and-literature/the-czech-language/ |archive-date = 18 January 2008}}</ref> It developed from the [[Proto-Slavic language]] in the 10th century<ref name="Czechl" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kortlandt.nl/publications/art066e.pdf|title=From Proto-Indo-European to Slavic|author=Frederik Kortlandt|website=Kortlandt.nl|access-date=20 December 2017|archive-date=2 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102075412/http://www.kortlandt.nl/publications/art066e.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> and is mutually intelligible with the [[Slovak language]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.czech-language.cz/overview/origin.html|title=The Czech Language on WWW|website=Czech-language.cz|access-date=18 March 2015|archive-date=20 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220051150/http://www.czech-language.cz/overview/origin.html|url-status=live}}</ref>