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
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Pan South African Language Board
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 meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Czech Language
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4657
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
157
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3850
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ahoj
Sawubona
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
unjani
Good Night
Dobrú noc
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
okuhle ekuseni
Please
Prosím
Ngiyacela
Sorry
Pardón!
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
Dovidenia
bye
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Slovak
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.20 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
slovenčina
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
slovaque
zoulou
German Name
Slowakisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Zulu people
Origin
6th Century
19
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Western
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Slovak
Deep Zulu
Language Position
2787
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sk
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slk
zul
ISO 639 2/B
slo
zul
ISO 639 3
slk
zul
ISO 639 6
slk
zul
Glottocode
slov1269
zulu1248
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
99-AUT-fg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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