Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Foras na Gaeilge
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Czech Language
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4618
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3813
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 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ahoj
Dia dhuit
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
Dobrú noc
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
Prosím
le do thoil
Sorry
Pardón!
Tá brón orm
Bye
Dovidenia
Slán
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Connacht
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Munster
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Ulster
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.20 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
slovenčina
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
slovaque
irlandais moyen
German Name
Slowakisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Irish people
Origin
6th Century
c. 750
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Celtic
Branch
Western
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Slovak
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
2725
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sk
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slk
gle
ISO 639 2/B
slo
gle
ISO 639 3
slk
gle
ISO 639 6
slk
gle
Glottocode
slov1269
iris1253
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional