Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Malta
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
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Czech Language
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4630
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
156
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3824
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ahoj
Ħello
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
Grazzi
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
Kif int?
Good Night
Dobrú noc
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
Prosím
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
Pardón!
Skużani!
Bye
Dovidenia
Ċaw
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Qormi
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Malta
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Malta
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Not Present
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
-
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
42
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million0.52 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.20 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million0.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
slovenčina
Malti
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Malti
French Name
slovaque
maltais
German Name
Slowakisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Maltese
Origin
6th Century
c. 1470
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Semitic
Branch
Western
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Slovak
Maltese
Language Position
2725
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sk
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slk
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
slo
mlt
ISO 639 3
slk
mlt
ISO 639 6
slk
mlt
Glottocode
slov1269
malt1254
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic