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French vs Slovak


Slovak vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
4   
11

National Language
France   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Italian Language   
Czech Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Czech-Slovak Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
15   
12

How Many Consonants
20   
10
38   
27

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
Ahoj   

Thank You
Merci   
Ďakujem vám   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
Ako sa máte?   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
Dobrú noc   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
Dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
Dobré popoludnie   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
Dobré ráno   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
Prosím   

Sorry
désolé   
Pardón!   

Bye
au revoir   
Dovidenia   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
Ľúbim Ťa   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
Prepáčte!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Eastern Slovak   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 2
African French   
Central Slovak   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Western Slovak   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
5.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
Not Available   

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
5.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
Not Available   

Native Name
français   
slovenčina   

Alternative Names
Français   
Slovakian, Slovencina   

French Name
français   
slovaque   

German Name
Französisch   
Slowakisch   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Slovaks   

History

Origin
9th Century   
6th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
Proto-Slavic   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Slovak   

Language Position
13   
12
Not Available   

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
sk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
slk   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
slo   

ISO 639 3
fra   
slk   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
slov1269   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
53-AAA-db   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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French and Slovak Language History

Comparison of French vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of French and Slovak language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 French and Slovak Language History.

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French 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 French and Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Slovak language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common French Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

French vs Slovak Difficulty

The French vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.

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