Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
South Africa
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
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Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
Thank you
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
How are you?
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
Good Night
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
Good Evening
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
Good Morning
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
Please
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
Sorry
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
Bye
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
I love you
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
American English
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
United States of America
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Welsh English
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
400.00 million
  
3
5.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
400.00 million
  
1
Not Available
  
Native Name
English
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
anglais
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Englisch
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
5th Century AD
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Standard English
  
Slovak
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
en
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eng
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
eng
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
eng
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
engs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1293
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
52-ABA
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
  
Synthetic