Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
44
0
46
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National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
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
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Board for Standardization of the Serbian 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.
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
Similar To
Czech Language
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4630
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3825
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ahoj
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Dobrú noc
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Please
Prosím
Молим (Molim)
Sorry
Pardón!
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Bye
Dovidenia
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Волим те (Volim te)
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Southeastern Serbia
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Serbia
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
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 million8.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.14 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.20 million8.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
6.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
slovenčina
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Montenegrin
French Name
slovaque
serbe
German Name
Slowakisch
Serbisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Serbs
Origin
6th Century
11th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
-
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Slovak
Standard Serbian
Language Position
2744
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sk
sr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slk
srp
ISO 639 2/B
slo
srp
ISO 639 3
slk
srp
ISO 639 6
slk
srp
Glottocode
slov1269
serb1264
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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