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Countries

Countries

Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia

Total No. Of Countries

74
0 46
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National Language

Germany
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia

Second Language

North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine

Regulated By

Council for German Orthography
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic

Interesting Facts

  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  • 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 English Languages
Czech Language

Derived From

Albanian Languages
Czech-Slovak Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2646
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1015
0 32
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How Many Consonants

938
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hallo
Ahoj

Thank You

Danke
Ďakujem vám

How Are You?

Wie geht es dir?
Ako sa máte?

Good Night

gute Nacht
Dobrú noc

Good Evening

guten Abend
Dobrý večer

Good Afternoon

guten Tag
Dobré popoludnie

Good Morning

guten Morgen
Dobré ráno

Please

bitte
Prosím

Sorry

Verzeihung
Pardón!

Bye

Tschüs
Dovidenia

I Love You

Ich liebe dich
Ľúbim Ťa

Excuse Me

Entschuldigung
Prepáčte!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Swiss German
Eastern Slovak

Where They Speak

Switzerland
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.005,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Swabian German
Central Slovak

Where They Speak

Germany
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec

How Many People Speak

820,000.005,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Texas German
Western Slovak

Where They Speak

Texas
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie

How Many People Speak

6,000.005,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

284
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

229.00 million5.20 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.39 %0.14 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

101.00 million5.20 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

128.00 million6.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Deutsch
slovenčina

Alternative Names

Deutsch, Tedesco
Slovakian, Slovencina

French Name

allemand
slovaque

German Name

Deutsch
Slowakisch

Pronunciation

[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[ˈsləʊvæk]

Ethnicity

Germans
Slovaks

History

Origin

6th Century AD
6th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Germanic
Slavic

Branch

Western
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Proto-Slavic

Standard Forms

German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Slovak

Language Position

927
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed German
Slovak Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

de
sk

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

deu
slk

ISO 639 2/B

ger
slo

ISO 639 3

deu
slk

ISO 639 6

deus
slk

Glottocode

high1287, uppe1397
slov1269

Linguasphere

52-ACB–dl & -dm
53-AAA-db

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic

German and Slovak Alphabets

German and Slovak Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in German and Slovak. In German Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Slovak Alphabets there are 46 letters. To learn German and Slovak languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of German and Slovak languages. The German phonology consist German vowels and German consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at German greetings vs Slovak greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether German and Slovak are Most Spoken Languages.

All German and Slovak Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all German and Slovak dialects. Various dialects of German and Slovak language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Slovak Dialects are spoken in different Slovak speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Slovak Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak , Central Slovak. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

German and Slovak Speaking population

German and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of German and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak German and Slovak on German vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Slovak Language Codes

German and Slovak language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Slovak Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.