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Countries

Countries

Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
European Union, Slovenia

Total No. Of Countries

72
0 46
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National Language

Germany
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia

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
Austria, Hungary, Italy

Regulated By

Council for German Orthography
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

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.
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.

Similar To

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Serbo-Croatian

Derived From

Albanian Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2625
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

105
0 32
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How Many Consonants

920
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

62
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hallo
Halo

Thank You

Danke
Hvala

How Are You?

Wie geht es dir?
Kako se imate?

Good Night

gute Nacht
Lahko noč

Good Evening

guten Abend
Dober večer

Good Afternoon

guten Tag
Dober dan

Good Morning

guten Morgen
Dobro jutro

Please

bitte
Prosim

Sorry

Verzeihung
Oprostite

Bye

Tschüs
Nasvidenje

I Love You

Ich liebe dich
Ljubim te

Excuse Me

Entschuldigung
Oprostite

Dialects

Dialect 1

Swiss German
Prekmurje Slovene

Where They Speak

Switzerland
Hungary, Slovenia

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.0080,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Swabian German
Resian

Where They Speak

Germany
Italy

How Many People Speak

820,000.002,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Texas German
Styrian

Where They Speak

Texas
Slovenia

How Many People Speak

6,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2848
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

229.00 million2.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.39 %0.03 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

101.00 million2.50 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

128.00 million2.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Deutsch
Slovenščina

Alternative Names

Deutsch, Tedesco
Slovenian, Slovenscina

French Name

allemand
slovène

German Name

Deutsch
Slowenisch

Pronunciation

[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]

Ethnicity

Germans
Slovenes

History

Origin

6th Century AD
972-1093

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Germanic
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Branch

Western
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Slovene

Language Position

928
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed German
Slovene Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

de
sl

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

deu
slv

ISO 639 2/B

ger
slv

ISO 639 3

deu
slv

ISO 639 6

deus
slv

Glottocode

high1287, uppe1397
slov1268

Linguasphere

52-ACB–dl & -dm
53-AAA-f

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional

German and Slovene Alphabets

German and Slovene Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in German and Slovene. In German Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Slovene Alphabets there are 25 letters. To learn German and Slovene languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of German and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether German and Slovene are Most Spoken Languages.

All German and Slovene 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 Slovene dialects. Various dialects of German and Slovene language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Slovene Dialects are spoken in different Slovene speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Slovene Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Slovene dialects include: Prekmurje Slovene , Resian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

German and Slovene Speaking population

German and Slovene speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Slovene languages can be compared. The total count of German and Slovene Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovene language is 0.03 %. 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 Slovene on German vs Slovene where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Slovene Language Codes

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