Ethnic groups in the Czech Republic

The Czechs (, ; singular Czech, masculine: Čech , singular feminine: Češka ), or the Czech people (), are a West Slavic ethnic group and a nation native to the Czech Republic in Central Europe, who share a common ancestry, culture, history, and the Czech language.

The Slovaks ( (historical Sloveni ), singular: Slovák (historical: Sloven ), feminine: Slovenka , plural: Slovenky ) are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak the Slovak language.

thumb|Silesians in the Opole Voivodeship|Opole and [[Silesian Voivodeships of Poland (2021 census)]] thumb|Silesians in the Opole Voivodeship|Opole and [[Silesian Voivodeships of Poland (2011 and 2021 censuses)]] thumb|Silesians in Czech Silesia (2021 census) right|thumb|Woman in Silesian dress from Cieszyn Silesia, 1914 right|thumb|"Ślōnskŏ nacyjŏ bōła, je a bydzie", which means "Silesian Nation was, is, and will be" - Eighth Autonomy March, Katowice, 18 July 2009

thumb|Moravia within the European Union Moravians ( or colloquially , outdated ) are a Czech ethnographic group from the Moravia region of the Czech Republic, who speak the Moravian dialects of Czech or Common Czech or a mixed form of both. They are not a separate ethnicity instead, a subgroup of the ethnic Czech people, as is recognized by most Moravians but a part of the group's population 'ethnically' identifies as 'Moravian', registered in Czech censuses since 1991. The figure has fluctuated and in the 2011 census, 6.01% of the Czech population declared Moravian as their 'ethnicity'. Small

thumb|right|A Goral with bagpipes from the region of [[Podhale in Poland]] The Gorals (; Goral ethnolect: Górole; ; Cieszyn Silesian: Gorole), also anglicized as the Highlanders, are an ethnographic group with historical ties to the Vlachs. The Goral people are primarily found in their traditional area of southern Poland, northern Slovakia – especially Orava, Spiš and Zamagurie, and in the region of Cieszyn Silesia in the Czech Republic, where they are known as the Silesian Gorals. There is also a significant Goral diaspora in the area of Bukovina in western Ukraine and northern Romania, as we

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German representation in Czech Republic

The Chods () are an ethnic group who used to live in western Bohemia. They lived in an arc of villages near the western border of what is today the Czech Republic, including major population centres in Domažlice, Tachov and Přimda (together called the Chod region, , ).

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