Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
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 in
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Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Germany
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Texas German
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
Texas
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Deutsch
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
allemand
slovaque
German Name
Deutsch
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Germans
Slovaks
Origin
6th Century AD
6th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Slovak
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed German
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
slov1269
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
53-AAA-db
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
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 Not Available. 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.