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Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
4  
11

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
-  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  
Czech Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
21  
11
38  
27

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Ahoj  

Thank You
Thank you  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
How are you?  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
Good Night  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
Dobré ráno  

Please
Please  
Prosím  

Sorry
Sorry  
Pardón!  

Bye
Bye  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
I love you  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
4
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
5.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
English  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
English  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
anglais  
slovaque  

German Name
Englisch  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[ˈsləʊvæk]  

Ethnicity
English people  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
6th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Slovak  

Language Position
3  
3
27  
25

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Slovak Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
slo  

ISO 639 3
eng  
slk  

ISO 639 6
engs  
slk  

Glottocode
stan1293  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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English and Slovak Language History

Comparison of English vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of English and Slovak language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on English and Slovak Language History.

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English and Slovak Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where English and Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Slovak language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common English Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

English vs Slovak Difficulty

The English vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Slovak Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare English and Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.

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