Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Yoruba Academy
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Czech Language
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4629
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1512
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3817
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ahoj
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
e dupe
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
Dobrú noc
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
e kaasan
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
e kaaro
Please
Prosím
Jowo
Sorry
Pardón!
binu
Bye
Dovidenia
bye
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Ede
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0010,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
420
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.20 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million30.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
slovenčina
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
slovaque
yoruba
German Name
Slowakisch
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[jòɾùbá]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Yoruba people
Origin
6th Century
4 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Western Sudanic
Branch
Western
Kwa
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Slovak
Yorùbá
Language Position
2749
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sk
yo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slk
yor
ISO 639 2/B
slo
yor
ISO 639 3
slk
yor
ISO 639 6
slk
yor
Glottocode
slov1269
yoru1245
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating