Countries
European Union, Slovenia
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Serbo-Croatian
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2532
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2017
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
hallo
Thank You
Hvala
Dankie
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Lahko noč
goeie nag
Good Evening
Dober večer
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
goeie more
Please
Prosim
asseblief
Sorry
Oprostite
jammer
Bye
Nasvidenje
Totsiens
I Love You
Ljubim te
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
-
How Many People Speak
80,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Resian
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Italy
-
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Styrian
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Slovenia
Namibia
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
483
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.50 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Slovenščina
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
Cape Dutch
French Name
slovène
afrikaans
German Name
Slowenisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Slovenes
Afrikaners
Origin
972-1093
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Slovene
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
2823
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sl
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slv
afr
ISO 639 2/B
slv
afr
ISO 639 3
slv
afr
ISO 639 6
slv
afrs
Glottocode
slov1268
afri1274
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic