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Slovak and Slovene


Slovene and Slovak


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

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

Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
46  
26
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
38  
27
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
5,500,000.00  
99+
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Resian  

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Styrian  

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  
Slovenia  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
37
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
48  
31

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.20 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

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  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Slovak  
Slovene  

Language Position
27  
25
28  
26

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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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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.

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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.

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