Oct 12, 2026, 1:05 PMI wonder, how many #Czech language users are on Fediverse and especially among my followers (but you can boost to increase reach).
My estimate is about 2000 users total (1000 on .cz instance, 1000 on global and selfhosted)
- Oct 12, 2026, 1:05 PM
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Oct 12, 2026, 1:15 PM@xChaos a bit weird options TBH, I can read and write Czech, heck I've even read Babička and Postřižiny in original, and I'm non-native
- Oct 12, 2026, 1:19 PM
@oleksandr so you are etc. :-)
- Oct 12, 2026, 1:26 PM
@xChaos thank you very much
Petr Tesaříkptesarik@mastodonczech.czOct 12, 2026, 4:23 PM@oleksandr @xChaos You have my sympathy for reading Babička.
Why do you always torture yourself, Саша?- Oct 12, 2026, 4:30 PM
Oct 12, 2026, 5:17 PM@ptesarik @oleksandr @xChaos he thought it was about me
- Oct 12, 2026, 5:38 PM
Tomášprahou@merveilles.townOct 12, 2026, 2:04 PM@xChaos very generous estimate!
Ondřej ŽižkaOndrejZizka@witter.czOct 12, 2026, 2:30 PM@xChaos do the bridges from X etc count? I assume not.
Oct 12, 2026, 2:34 PM@xChaos I can read some Czech due to being polish, but I don't think this makes me a Czech language user, as I don't really do that often
- Oct 12, 2026, 3:58 PM
@ramona so this is etc.
Oct 12, 2026, 3:14 PM@xChaos I find it interesting that you would put Slovak in the second category. In my little experience they are as good as most native speakers. But maybe I don't see them struggling because I'm struggling way more 😅
- Oct 12, 2026, 3:49 PM
@amdg2 it is easier then that: we understand Slovaks and they understand us, so there is no need to actually speak or write the other language (sometimes, we do, but rarely).
Oct 12, 2026, 4:50 PM- Oct 12, 2026, 5:02 PM
Danielwanisbunes@zug.networkOct 12, 2026, 3:16 PM@xChaos I did pass a B1 exam in 2014. But I no longer need to speak czech for work, so it's probably not going to get better. Have some czech friends but see them very rarely.
- Oct 12, 2026, 3:53 PM
@wanisbunes thanks. The main purpose of this poll is perhaps to learn how big percentage of my reachable audience can read my toots in my native tongue without machine translation.
I still hesitate between posting in Czech and English. But Europeans should probably post on social media in our native tongues...
Machine translation is getting better, but still, it is AI. So I really don't know. I alter the languages and don't manage two separate Fedi identities.
Human after allhumanhorseshoes@mastodon.worldOct 12, 2026, 10:06 PM@xChaos @wanisbunes I find it odd that English isn't considered a native tongue in Europe even though 60m of us speak it as our first language
Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPETimWardCam@c.imOct 12, 2026, 4:56 PM@xChaos I learned some for a holiday once but have forgotten almost all of it.
Tommi Nieminentomminieminen@mastodontti.fiOct 12, 2026, 6:18 PM@xChaos Although I can order “one dark beer” in a pub. First things first.
Oct 12, 2026, 6:20 PM@xChaos Jsem Francouz žijící v Praze. Snažím se najít účty na Mastodonu, které bych mohl sledovat, abych si zlepšil češtinu.
- Oct 12, 2026, 6:45 PM
@Knar česky mluvící účty najdete například na instancích mastodonczech.cz, witter.cz, mamutovo.cz nebo u nás na f.cz ...
- Oct 13, 2026, 8:43 AM
@xChaos Děkuju most !
- Oct 13, 2026, 11:23 AM
@Knar Není zač!
"moc"/"mockrát". Most = pont (bridge).
- Oct 13, 2026, 11:25 AM
@xChaos Měl jsem pocit, že v té větě něco nesedí. 😬
- Oct 13, 2026, 11:43 AM
@Knar já bych se potřeboval naopak zdokonalit ve francouzštině...
(Tip: pokud nastavíte v Mastodonu správně jazyk příspěvku, tak pak některé instance nabízí automatický překlad)
Simon Brookesimon_brooke@mastodon.scotOct 12, 2026, 8:30 PM
Jarjantifajarjan@mederland.nlOct 13, 2026, 6:29 AM@xChaos
I don't speak Czech, even though I really should. I'm half Czech from my father's side, he was from Prague.
Mathijsaardrijkskunde@mastodon.nlOct 13, 2026, 9:07 AM@xChaos The missing option is 'no but I have visited Prague does that count'.
- Oct 13, 2026, 11:42 AM
@aardrijkskunde Pardon my French, but this is... err... highly illogical :-)
diogenes rocco catilinaVoxOfGod@beige.partyOct 13, 2026, 9:16 AM- Oct 13, 2026, 11:21 AM
@VoxOfGod well, it would mean, that I am fluent in Catalan, because I can recognize Sagrada Familia cathedral...
This poll serve very simple and boring purpose: I am trying to compare target audience for my Czech and English toots.
The option "No, but I use machine translation" would be nice, but I am in fact not sure, if I want to promote machine translation (I use it often, of course...)
