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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  
17

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  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
African French  
Central Slovak  

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

How Many People Speak
274,000,000.00  
1
5,500,000.00  
99+

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  
99+
5,500,000.00  
37

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 %  
18
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
français  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
Français  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
français  
slovaque  

German Name
Französisch  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
[ˈsləʊvæk]  

Ethnicity
French people  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
9th Century  
6th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Slovak  

Language Position
13  
12
27  
25

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Slovak Sign Language  

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  
slk  

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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