Český jazykový atlas (Czech Linguistic Atlas)

The electronic version of Český jazykový atlas (Czech Linguistic Atlas; CLA) contains maps and accompanying commentaries from five volumes of the printed version of the CLA. It focuses on dialectal vocabulary, morphology, spelling, word formation, syntax and the language of urban communities. The HTML version allows advanced searches in the list of words and index by lexical item or language unit. It also includes maps of regular regional variation and explanations of the history of dialectological research and the methodology of processing dialectal material in the CLA.

Older PDF corresponding to the printed version of the CLA.

The six-volume Czech Linguistic Atlas presents the results of extensive field research on Czech language dialects and vernacular speech conducted by the staff of the Dialectology Department of the Czech Language Institute in Prague and Brno from 1964 to 1976. This work significantly enriched our knowledge of the national language by adding a spatial dimension. The Atlas documents the internal geographical diversity of the spoken non-literary language in Bohemia, Moravia and the relevant part of Silesia, both in terms of spelling and morphology, as well as word formation, lexis and syntax.