Countries
Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Total No. Of Countries
46
0
46
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National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Czech Language
German and English Languages
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4626
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
156
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3821
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Ahoj
Hallo
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
dankjewel
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
Dobrú noc
goede Nacht
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
goedemiddag
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
goedemorgen
Please
Prosím
alsjeblieft
Sorry
Pardón!
sorry
Bye
Dovidenia
vaarwel
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
pardon
Dialects
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Gronings
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Netherlands
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00590,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.004,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
47
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.14 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.20 million22.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
6.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
slovenčina
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
slovaque
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Slowakisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Dutch people
History
Origin
6th Century
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Germanic
Branch
Western
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Slovak
Standard Dutch
Language Position
2748
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
sk
nl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slk
nld
ISO 639 2/B
slo
dut
ISO 639 3
slk
nld
ISO 639 6
slk
nld
Glottocode
slov1269
mode1257
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
52-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic