Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Czech Language
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4621
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3819
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ahoj
Bwakeye
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
Urakoze
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
Urakomeye?
Good Night
Dobrú noc
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
Mwaramutse
Please
Prosím
Ndagusavye
Sorry
Pardón!
Ndasubiza
Bye
Dovidenia
N’agasaga
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Ha
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Shubi
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million8.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.14 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.20 million8.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
slovenčina
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
slovaque
rundi
German Name
Slowakisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
6th Century
1500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
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Branch
Western
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Slovak
Kirundi
Language Position
2786
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
sk
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slk
run
ISO 639 2/B
slo
run
ISO 639 3
slk
run
ISO 639 6
slk
run
Glottocode
slov1269
rund1242
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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