Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
University of Sarajevo
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Czech Language
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4630
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3825
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ahoj
Zdravo
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
Hvala
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
Kako si?
Good Night
Dobrú noc
Laku noc
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
Dobar dan
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
Dobro jutro
Please
Prosím
molim vas
Sorry
Pardón!
Oprostite
Bye
Dovidenia
Zbogom
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Volim te
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0013,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Croatia
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00660,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Croatia
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0021,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million3.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.20 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
slovenčina
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Bosanski Jezik
French Name
slovaque
bosniaque
German Name
Slowakisch
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Bosniaks
Origin
6th Century
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
-
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Slovak
Bosnian
Language Position
2724
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Bosnian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sk
bs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slk
bos
ISO 639 2/B
slo
bos
ISO 639 3
slk
bos
ISO 639 6
slk
boss
Glottocode
slov1269
bosn1245
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
part of 53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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