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Countries

Countries

Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia

Total No. Of Countries

45
0 46
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National Language

Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa, Europe

Minority Language

Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine

Regulated By

Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)

Interesting Facts

  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  • Hungarian language has only preserved most of its ancient elements.
  • 'Magyar' is the Hungarian name for the language, the 'Magyar' is also used as an English word to refer to Hungarian people.

Similar To

Czech Language
Mansi and Khanty Languages

Derived From

Czech-Slovak Language
East and South Slavic Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4640
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1514
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3825
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 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ahoj
szia

Thank You

Ďakujem vám
köszönöm

How Are You?

Ako sa máte?
Hogy vagy?

Good Night

Dobrú noc
Jó Éjszakát

Good Evening

Dobrý večer
jó Estét

Good Afternoon

Dobré popoludnie
Jó Napot Kívánok

Good Morning

Dobré ráno
jó Reggelt

Please

Prosím
Kérlek

Sorry

Pardón!
bocsi

Bye

Dovidenia
viszlát

I Love You

Ľúbim Ťa
Szeretlek

Excuse Me

Prepáčte!
elnézést

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Slovak
Csángó

Where They Speak

Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Bacău County, Rumania

How Many People Speak

5,500,000.0013,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Slovak
Oberwart

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

5,500,000.0013,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Western Slovak
Székely

Where They Speak

Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Székely Land

How Many People Speak

5,500,000.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

411
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.20 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.14 %0.19 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.20 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

6.00 million0.07 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

slovenčina
magyar / magyar nyelv

Alternative Names

Slovakian, Slovencina
Magyar

French Name

slovaque
hongrois

German Name

Slowakisch
Ungarisch

Pronunciation

[ˈsləʊvæk]
[ˈmɒɟɒr]

Ethnicity

Slovaks
Hungarians

History

Origin

6th Century
1192 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Uralic Family

Subgroup

Slavic
Finno-Ugric

Branch

Western
Ugric

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Slavic
Old Hungarian

Standard Forms

Slovak
Modern Hungarian

Language Position

2766
1 120
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Signed Forms

Slovak Sign Language
Hungarian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sk
hu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

slk
hun

ISO 639 2/B

slo
hun

ISO 639 3

slk
hun

ISO 639 6

slk
hun

Glottocode

slov1269
hung1274

Linguasphere

53-AAA-db
ohu

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic

Slovak and Hungarian Alphabets

Slovak and Hungarian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Slovak and Hungarian. In Slovak Alphabets there are 46 letters while in Hungarian Alphabets there are 40 letters. To learn Slovak and Hungarian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Slovak and Hungarian 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 Hungarian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Slovak and Hungarian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Slovak and Hungarian Speaking population

Slovak and Hungarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Hungarian languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Hungarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hungarian language is 0.19 %. 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 Hungarian on Slovak vs Hungarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovak and Hungarian Language Codes

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