Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Czech Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4632
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1515
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3817
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ahoj
hallo
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
Dankie
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Dobrú noc
goeie nag
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
goeie more
Please
Prosím
asseblief
Sorry
Pardón!
jammer
Bye
Dovidenia
Totsiens
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
-
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
-
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Namibia
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.20 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
slovenčina
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Cape Dutch
French Name
slovaque
afrikaans
German Name
Slowakisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Afrikaners
Origin
6th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Germanic
Branch
Western
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Slovak
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
2723
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sk
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slk
afr
ISO 639 2/B
slo
afr
ISO 639 3
slk
afr
ISO 639 6
slk
afrs
Glottocode
slov1269
afri1274
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic