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Group | Czechs Češi | Population date | c. 11-12 million | Significant populations | Czech Republic 9,249,777 including: Moravians: 380,474 (2001) Silesians: 10,878 (2001)
| United States | 1,462,000 (including German Bohemians)
| Canada | 98,090 (2006)
| Italy | 80,000-90,000
| United Kingdom | 30,000 � 90,000
| Germany | 20,000 � 50,000
| Slovakia | 46,000
| Argentina | 38,000
| Australia | 21,196
| Austria | 20,000
| Switzerland | 20,000
| Ukraine | 11,000
| France | 10,731 (1990)
| Croatia | 10,510 (2001)
| Israel | 8,000
| Sweden | 7,175 (2001)
| Republic of Ireland | 5,278
| Spain | 5,622 (2006)
| Russia | 5,000 � 6,000
| Brazil | 450,000
| Netherlands | 3,500
| Romania | 3,339 (2002)
| Poland | 3,000
| South Africa | 2,300
| Serbia | 2,211 (2002)
| Mexico | 2,000
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 600 � 1,000
| Bulgaria | 436
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Czechs ( , -csˈtʃɛʃɪ, archaic [ˈtʃɛxɔvɛː]) are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic. Small populations of Czechs also live in Slovakia, Austria, the United States, the United Kingdom, Chile, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries. They speak the Czech language, which is closely related to the Slovak and Upper Sorbian language.
Among the ancestors of the Czechs are ancient Slavic tribes who inhabited the regions of Bohemia, Moravia, and Upper Silesia from the 6th century onwards.
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