Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Norway
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Norwegian Language Council
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Czech Language
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4629
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
159
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3820
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ahoj
hallo
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
takk
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Dobrú noc
god natt
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
god morgen
Please
Prosím
Vær så snill
Sorry
Pardón!
unnskyld
Bye
Dovidenia
ha det
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Sogn
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.005,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
419
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million5.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.20 million5.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
slovenčina
Norsk
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Norsk
French Name
slovaque
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Slowakisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Norwegians
Origin
6th Century
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Germanic
Branch
Western
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Slovak
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
2718
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sk
no
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slk
nor
ISO 639 2/B
slo
nor
ISO 639 3
slk
nor
ISO 639 6
slk
nor
Glottocode
slov1269
norw1258
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional