Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Belarus, Poland
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Belarus, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 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.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
Similar To
Czech Language
Russian and Ukrainian
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4648
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
156
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3839
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ahoj
dobry dzień
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
Dziakuj
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
Jak vy ?
Good Night
Dobrú noc
Dabranač
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
Dobry viečar
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
dobry dzień
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
Dobraj ranicy
Please
Prosím
Kali laska
Sorry
Pardón!
Vybačajcie
Bye
Dovidenia
da pabačennia
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
JA liubliu ciabie
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
Vybačajcie
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
North-Eastern Belarusian
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
North-East Belarus
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
South-Western Belarusian
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
South-West Belarus
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Middle Belarusian
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Middle Belarus
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million9.63 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.20 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million5.89 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
slovenčina
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
French Name
slovaque
biélorusse
German Name
Slowakisch
Weißrussisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Belarusians
Origin
6th Century
18th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Slavic
Branch
Western
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Slovak
Belarusian
Language Position
2779
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Belarusian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sk
be
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slk
bel
ISO 639 2/B
slo
bel
ISO 639 3
slk
bel
ISO 639 6
slk
bel
Glottocode
slov1269
bela1254
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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