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
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4625
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
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
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
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
448
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.20 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
Origin
6th Century
972-1093
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
-
Branch
Western
-
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
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
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional