Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
4
Rank: 11 (Overall)
0
46
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National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Czech Language
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
46
Rank: 26 (Overall)
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
15
Rank: 12 (Overall)
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
38
Rank: 27 (Overall)
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ahoj
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
Please
Prosím
Sorry
Pardón!
Bye
Dovidenia
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00
Rank: 46 (Overall)
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00
Rank: 46 (Overall)
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00
Rank: 37 (Overall)
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
Rank: 72 (Overall)
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %
Rank: 53 (Overall)
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.20 million
Rank: 66 (Overall)
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million
Rank: 47 (Overall)
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
slovaque
German Name
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Origin
6th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Branch
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Slovak
Language Position
27
Rank: 25 (Overall)
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Scope
Individual
ISO 639 1
sk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slk
ISO 639 2/B
slo
ISO 639 3
slk
ISO 639 6
slk
Glottocode
slov1269
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic