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Strc prst skrz krk is a Czech
Czech language

Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czech people worldwide....
 and Slovak
Slovak language

The Slovak language , sometimes incorrectly called ?Slovakian?, is an Indo-European languages that belongs to the West Slavic languages .The Czech and Slovak languages are Mutual intelligibility which means that even after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia Czech may be used in all official proceedings and documents in Slovakia, and vice ver...
 tongue-twister
Tongue-twister

A tongue-twister is a phrase that is designed to be difficult to articulate properly. Tongue-twisters may rely on similar but distinct phonemes , unfamiliar constructs in loanwords, or other features of a language....
 meaning "stick your finger down your throat".

The sentence is well known for having a total absence of vowels. It is often used as an example of such phrase when learning
Language education

Language education includes the teaching and learning of a language. It can include improving a learner's native language; however, it is more commonly used with regard to second language acquisition, that is, the learning of a foreign language or second language, and that is the meaning that is treated in this article....
 Czech as a foreign language
Foreign language

A foreign language is a language not spoken by the people of a certain place: for example, not only English language but also Late Old Japanese is a foreign language in Japan....
. Sometimes in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
 and Slovakia
Slovakia

Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
, the phrase is used to judge whether or not a particular person is drunk.

The phrase is also the subtitle of the Swiss newspaper La Distinction.






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Strc prst skrz krk is a Czech
Czech language

Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czech people worldwide....
 and Slovak
Slovak language

The Slovak language , sometimes incorrectly called ?Slovakian?, is an Indo-European languages that belongs to the West Slavic languages .The Czech and Slovak languages are Mutual intelligibility which means that even after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia Czech may be used in all official proceedings and documents in Slovakia, and vice ver...
 tongue-twister
Tongue-twister

A tongue-twister is a phrase that is designed to be difficult to articulate properly. Tongue-twisters may rely on similar but distinct phonemes , unfamiliar constructs in loanwords, or other features of a language....
 meaning "stick your finger down your throat".

The sentence is well known for having a total absence of vowels. It is often used as an example of such phrase when learning
Language education

Language education includes the teaching and learning of a language. It can include improving a learner's native language; however, it is more commonly used with regard to second language acquisition, that is, the learning of a foreign language or second language, and that is the meaning that is treated in this article....
 Czech as a foreign language
Foreign language

A foreign language is a language not spoken by the people of a certain place: for example, not only English language but also Late Old Japanese is a foreign language in Japan....
. Sometimes in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
 and Slovakia
Slovakia

Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
, the phrase is used to judge whether or not a particular person is drunk.

The phrase is also the subtitle of the Swiss newspaper La Distinction.

There is an even longer phrase with no vowels in Czech language: "Prd krt skrz drn, zprv zhlt hrst zrn" ("A mole broke wind through grass, having swallowed a handful of grains"), though it relies on irregular and obsolete forms, whereas Strc prst skrz krk does not.

In some Slavic languages 'R' can be syllabic
Syllabic

Syllabic may refer to:*Syllabary*Syllable*Syllabic verse*Syllabic consonant...
, in addition to vowels. "Strc prst skrz krk", is a good example.

See also

  • Shibboleth
    Shibboleth

    Shibboleth is any distinguishing practice which is indicative of one's social or regional origin.It usually refers to features of language, and particularly to a word whose pronunciation identifies its speaker as being a member or not a member of a particular group....


External links

- Radio Prague article about the phrase - T-shirts