Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Czech Language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
159
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3824
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ahoj
Sveiki
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
Paldies
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Dobrú noc
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
Labdien
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
Labrīt
Please
Prosím
lūdzu
Sorry
Pardón!
Piedodiet!
Bye
Dovidenia
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Livonian
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Latvia
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Latvia
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.20 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
slovenčina
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Lettish
French Name
slovaque
letton
German Name
Slowakisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Latvians or Letts
Origin
6th Century
1530
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Baltic
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Slovak
Latvian
Language Position
279
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sk
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slk
lav
ISO 639 2/B
slo
lav
ISO 639 3
slk
lav
ISO 639 6
slk
lav
Glottocode
slov1269
latv1249
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic