Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Ukraine
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian 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.
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
Similar To
Czech Language
Russian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
156
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3822
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ahoj
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
Good Night
Dobrú noc
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
Please
Prosím
будь ласк
Sorry
Pardón!
вибачте (vybachte)
Bye
Dovidenia
до побачення (do pobachennya)
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Podillian
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0042,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Volynian
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Rivne, Volyn
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0044,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Steppe
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0042,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
415
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.20 million39.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.46 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.20 million39.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million30.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
slovenčina
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Ukrayins'ka Mova
French Name
slovaque
ukrainien
German Name
Slowakisch
Ukrainisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Ukrainians
Origin
6th Century
1561
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Slavic
Branch
Western
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
Standard Forms
Slovak
Modern Ukrainian
Language Position
2726
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Ukrainian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sk
uk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slk
ukr
ISO 639 2/B
slo
ukr
ISO 639 3
slk
ukr
ISO 639 6
slk
ukr
Glottocode
slov1269
ukra1253
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic