Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Russia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Czech Language
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Ahoj
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
Dobrú noc
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
Prosím
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
Pardón!
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
Dovidenia
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Olonets
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Olonets
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Novgorod
Native Name
slovenčina
Русский
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Russki
French Name
slovaque
russe
German Name
Slowakisch
Russisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Russians
Origin
6th Century
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Slovak
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
slov1269
russ1263
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Slovak and Russian Speaking population
Slovak and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Slovak vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Slovak and Russian Language Codes
Slovak and Russian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Slovak and Russian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.