Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
43
0
46
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National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Czech Language
Armenian
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4624
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
157
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3817
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, 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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ahoj
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Dobrú noc
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Prosím
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Pardón!
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Dovidenia
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Greece
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Griko
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Italy
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
425
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.18 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.20 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
slovenčina
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
slovaque
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Slowakisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
6th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Hellenic
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Slovak
Modern Greek
Language Position
2774
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sk
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slk
ell
ISO 639 2/B
slo
gre
ISO 639 3
slk
ell
ISO 639 6
slk
ells
Glottocode
slov1269
gree1276
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic