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Countries

Countries

Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland

Total No. Of Countries

47
0 46
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National Language

Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Germany

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
North Dakota, United States of America

Speaking Continents

Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia

Regulated By

Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Council for German Orthography

Interesting Facts

  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.

Similar To

Czech Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages

Derived From

Czech-Slovak Language
Albanian Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4626
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1510
0 32
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How Many Consonants

389
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ahoj
hallo

Thank You

Ďakujem vám
Danke

How Are You?

Ako sa máte?
Wie geht es dir?

Good Night

Dobrú noc
gute Nacht

Good Evening

Dobrý večer
guten Abend

Good Afternoon

Dobré popoludnie
guten Tag

Good Morning

Dobré ráno
guten Morgen

Please

Prosím
bitte

Sorry

Pardón!
Verzeihung

Bye

Dovidenia
Tschüs

I Love You

Ľúbim Ťa
Ich liebe dich

Excuse Me

Prepáčte!
Entschuldigung

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Slovak
Swiss German

Where They Speak

Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Switzerland

How Many People Speak

5,500,000.004,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Slovak
Swabian German

Where They Speak

Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Germany

How Many People Speak

5,500,000.00820,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Western Slovak
Texas German

Where They Speak

Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Texas

How Many People Speak

5,500,000.006,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

428
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.20 million229.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.14 %1.39 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.20 million101.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

6.00 million128.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

slovenčina
Deutsch

Alternative Names

Slovakian, Slovencina
Deutsch, Tedesco

French Name

slovaque
allemand

German Name

Slowakisch
Deutsch

Pronunciation

[ˈsləʊvæk]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]

Ethnicity

Slovaks
Germans

History

Origin

6th Century
6th Century AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Slavic
Germanic

Branch

Western
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Slavic
No early forms

Standard Forms

Slovak
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German

Language Position

279
1 120
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Signed Forms

Slovak Sign Language
Signed German

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sk
de

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

slk
deu

ISO 639 2/B

slo
ger

ISO 639 3

slk
deu

ISO 639 6

slk
deus

Glottocode

slov1269
high1287, uppe1397

Linguasphere

53-AAA-db
52-ACB–dl & -dm

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Slovak and German Alphabets

Slovak and German Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Slovak and German. In Slovak Alphabets there are 46 letters while in German Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Slovak and German languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Slovak and German languages. The Slovak phonology consist Slovak vowels and Slovak consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Slovak greetings vs German greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Slovak and German are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Slovak and German Speaking population

Slovak and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and German languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 Slovak and German on Slovak vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovak and German Language Codes

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