Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
46
0
46
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National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Czech Language
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4627
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3823
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ahoj
Hola
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
Gràcies
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
Com estàs?
Good Night
Dobrú noc
Bona nit
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
Bona tarda
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
Bon dia
Please
Prosím
Sisplau
Sorry
Pardón!
Perdó!
Bye
Dovidenia
Adéu
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
T'estimo
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
Dispensi!
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Caló
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Valencian
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Spain
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Spain
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
48
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million9.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.20 million4.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
slovenčina
català
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
slovaque
catalan; valencien
German Name
Slowakisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Catalan people
Origin
6th Century
c. 1028
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Romance
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Slovak
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
2732
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sk
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slk
cat
ISO 639 2/B
slo
cat
ISO 639 3
slk
cat
ISO 639 6
slk
cat
Glottocode
slov1269
stan1289
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
51-AAA-e
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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