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First, he OP specifically mentions "the Czechs", as in the Czech part of Czechoslovakia.

Second, languages had nothing to do with it. There was an idea that sacrificing a part of Czechoslovakia will be enough to keep Hitler at bay (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_Agreement).



Which Czech part, Bohemia, Moravia, Czech Silesia, or ...? Was it the "regions with German-speaking majority"?

Languages had everything to do with it. "Bohemia became a part of Czechoslovakia, defying claims of the German-speaking inhabitants that regions with German-speaking majority should be included in the Republic of German-Austria."


But German, the language, was spoken pretty much everywhere (thanks to the Austro-Hungarian legacy).

The German-speaking inhabitants, that is a whole different story.


OK, now you're backpedaling and muddying the waters. Language and customs are the most prominent aspects of a cultural identity.

English is spoken pretty much everywhere. What's your point?




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