Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Czech Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4653
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1510
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3843
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ahoj
Molo
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
Unjani
Good Night
Dobrú noc
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
Molo
Please
Prosím
Ndicela
Sorry
Pardón!
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Dovidenia
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
South Africa
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Thembu
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
South Africa
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
South Africa
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0019.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
49
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.14 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.20 million8.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
slovenčina
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
slovaque
xhosa
German Name
Slowakisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
6th Century
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Western
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Slovak
isiXhosa
Language Position
2721
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sk
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slk
xho
ISO 639 2/B
slo
xho
ISO 639 3
slk
xho
ISO 639 6
slk
xho
Glottocode
slov1269
xhos1239
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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