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Slovak vs English


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
4   
11

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

Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
21   
11
38   
27

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
5.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
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   

History

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
3   
3
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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English and Slovak Language History

Comparison of English vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of English and Slovak language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on English and Slovak Language History.

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English and Slovak Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where English and Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Slovak language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common English Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

English vs Slovak Difficulty

The English vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Slovak Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare English and Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.

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