Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Wales
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Wales
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
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Welsh Language Commissioner
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
Czech Language
English Language
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
British Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4629
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
157
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3821
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ahoj
Helô
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
Diolch
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
Sut ydych chi?
Good Night
Dobrú noc
Nos da
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
Noswaith dda
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
P'nawn da
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
Bore da
Please
Prosím
os gwelwch yn dda
Sorry
Pardón!
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Bye
Dovidenia
Hwyl
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Argentina
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0038,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Gwynedd
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Powys
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
48
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million7.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.24 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.20 million7.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
slovenčina
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Cymraeg
French Name
slovaque
gallois
German Name
Slowakisch
Kymrisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Welsh people
Origin
6th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Celtic
Branch
Western
Brythonic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Slovak
Welsh
Language Position
2731
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Welsh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sk
cy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slk
cym
ISO 639 2/B
slo
wel
ISO 639 3
slk
cym
ISO 639 6
slk
cym
Glottocode
slov1269
wels1247
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
50-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional