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Countries

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

Alphabets in

Alphabets

46
Rank: 26 (Overall)
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

15
Rank: 12 (Overall)
0 32
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How Many Consonants

38
Rank: 27 (Overall)
9 60
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Scripts

Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3 88
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Greetings

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!

Dialects

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
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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
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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
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Total No. Of Dialects

4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.20 million
Rank: 72 (Overall)
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.14 %
Rank: 53 (Overall)
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.20 million
Rank: 66 (Overall)
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

6.00 million
Rank: 47 (Overall)
0.01 400
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Native Name

slovenčina

Alternative Names

Slovakian, Slovencina

French Name

slovaque

German Name

Slowakisch

Pronunciation

[ˈsləʊvæk]

Ethnicity

Slovaks

History

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
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Signed Forms

Slovak Sign Language

Scope

Individual

Code

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

Origin of Slovak language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Slovak language is one of the Best Languages to Learn. The origin of Slovak language states that it was put to use in 6th Century. The history of Slovak language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Slovak Language History.The evolution of Slovak language began with early forms such as Proto-Slavic. Slovak is the standard form of Slovak language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Slovak Language.

Slovak population

Slovak population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Slovak language. Slovak language is spoken by 5.20 million people in the world. Most of the Slovak population lies in the Slovak Speaking Countries. Slovak language is spoken as first language by 5.20 million people and as second language by about 6.00 million people. Get to know Slovak speaking population in detail.

Slovak writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Slovak writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Slovak language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Slovak language. Learn more about . 

Information about Slovak language

Check out all the information about Slovak language here. You may find it interesting to learn Slovak Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Slovak Speaking Countries, Slovak speaking continents and Slovak Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Slovak countries knowing common Slovak Greetings will help you in communicating with Slovak people.