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Countries

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

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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Greetings

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)

Dialects

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
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Total No. Of Dialects

43
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.20 million8.70 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.14 %0.13 %
0 89
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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

History

Origin

6th Century
11th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Slavic
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Branch

Western
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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

Code

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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Slovak and Serbian Alphabets

Slovak and Serbian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Slovak and Serbian. In Slovak Alphabets there are 46 letters while in Serbian Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Slovak and Serbian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Slovak and Serbian languages. The Slovak phonology consist Slovak vowels and Slovak consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Slovak greetings vs Serbian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Slovak and Serbian are Most Spoken Languages.

All Slovak and Serbian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Slovak and Serbian dialects. Various dialects of Slovak and Serbian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Slovak are spoken in different Slovak Speaking Countries whereas Serbian Dialects are spoken in different Serbian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Slovak vs Serbian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak, Central Slovak. Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok , Smederevo–Vršac. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Slovak and Serbian Speaking population

Slovak and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 %. 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 Serbian on Slovak vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovak and Serbian Language Codes

Slovak and Serbian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Slovak and Serbian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.