Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Czech Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4637
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3846
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ahoj
Mhoro
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Dobrú noc
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
Masikati
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
Mangwanani
Please
Prosím
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Pardón!
Ndineurombo
Bye
Dovidenia
bye
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Karanga
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.20 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.14 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.20 million8.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
slovenčina
chiShona
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
slovaque
shona
German Name
Slowakisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Shona people
Origin
6th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Western
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Slovak
Standard Shona
Language Position
27107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sk
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slk
sna
ISO 639 2/B
slo
sna
ISO 639 3
slk
sna
ISO 639 6
slk
sna
Glottocode
slov1269
core1255
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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