Czech and Slovenian Language Consulting: What Do They Tell Us about Language and Language Users?

This article focuses on the Czech Language Consulting Center and the Slovenian Language Consulting Center, which are closely related in many ways. This relationship is evident not only in the language topics and problems that users of both centers inquire about but also in the tasks and challenges that the members of the centers deal with. The article emphasizes the importance of language consulting as a valuable source of data about language and language users, which is particularly useful during during the process of codification and the creation of dictionaries and other language resources.