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Countries

Countries

Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
European Union, Slovenia

Total No. Of Countries

42
0 46
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National Language

Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia

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
Austria, Hungary, Italy

Regulated By

Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Interesting Facts

  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.

Similar To

Czech Language
Serbo-Croatian

Derived From

Czech-Slovak Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4625
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

155
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

62
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ahoj
Halo

Thank You

Ďakujem vám
Hvala

How Are You?

Ako sa máte?
Kako se imate?

Good Night

Dobrú noc
Lahko noč

Good Evening

Dobrý večer
Dober večer

Good Afternoon

Dobré popoludnie
Dober dan

Good Morning

Dobré ráno
Dobro jutro

Please

Prosím
Prosim

Sorry

Pardón!
Oprostite

Bye

Dovidenia
Nasvidenje

I Love You

Ľúbim Ťa
Ljubim te

Excuse Me

Prepáčte!
Oprostite

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Slovak
Prekmurje Slovene

Where They Speak

Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Hungary, Slovenia

How Many People Speak

5,500,000.0080,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Slovak
Resian

Where They Speak

Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Italy

How Many People Speak

5,500,000.002,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Western Slovak
Styrian

Where They Speak

Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Slovenia

How Many People Speak

5,500,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

448
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.20 million2.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.14 %0.03 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.20 million2.50 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

6.00 million2.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

slovenčina
Slovenščina

Alternative Names

Slovakian, Slovencina
Slovenian, Slovenscina

French Name

slovaque
slovène

German Name

Slowakisch
Slowenisch

Pronunciation

[ˈsləʊvæk]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]

Ethnicity

Slovaks
Slovenes

History

Origin

6th Century
972-1093

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
Slovene

Language Position

2728
1 120
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Signed Forms

Slovak Sign Language
Slovene Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sk
sl

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

slk
slv

ISO 639 2/B

slo
slv

ISO 639 3

slk
slv

ISO 639 6

slk
slv

Glottocode

slov1269
slov1268

Linguasphere

53-AAA-db
53-AAA-f

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Fusional

Slovak and Slovene Alphabets

Slovak and Slovene Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Slovak and Slovene. In Slovak Alphabets there are 46 letters while in Slovene Alphabets there are 25 letters. To learn Slovak and Slovene languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Slovak and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Slovak and Slovene are Most Spoken Languages.

All Slovak and Slovene 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 Slovene dialects. Various dialects of Slovak and Slovene language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Slovak are spoken in different Slovak Speaking Countries whereas Slovene Dialects are spoken in different Slovene speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Slovak vs Slovene Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak, Central Slovak. Slovene dialects include: Prekmurje Slovene , Resian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Slovak and Slovene Speaking population

Slovak and Slovene speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Slovene languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Slovene Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovene language is 0.03 %. 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 Slovene on Slovak vs Slovene where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovak and Slovene Language Codes

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