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Slovene 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  
European Union, Slovenia  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
2  
13

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  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  

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  
Austria, Hungary, Italy  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  

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.
  
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Serbo-Croatian  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Halo  

Thank You
Thank you  
Hvala  

How Are You?
How are you?  
Kako se imate?  

Good Night
Good Night  
Lahko noč  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
Dober večer  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
Dober dan  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
Dobro jutro  

Please
Please  
Prosim  

Sorry
Sorry  
Oprostite  

Bye
Bye  
Nasvidenje  

I Love You
I love you  
Ljubim te  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Prekmurje Slovene  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Hungary, Slovenia  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Resian  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Styrian  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Slovenia  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
48  
31

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
Not Available  

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
Not Available  

Native Name
English  
Not available  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Slovenian, Slovenscina  

French Name
anglais  
slovène  

German Name
Englisch  
Slowenisch  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Slovenes  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
972-1093  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Slovene  

Language Position
3  
3
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
sl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
slv  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
slv  

ISO 639 3
eng  
slv  

ISO 639 6
engs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1293  
slov1268  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
53-AAA-f  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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English and Slovene Language History

Comparison of English vs Slovene language history gives us differences between origin of English and Slovene language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093. 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 Slovene Language History.

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English and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Slovene language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Slovene word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common English Greetings and Slovene Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

English vs Slovene Difficulty

The English vs Slovene difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Slovene 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 Slovene are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Slovene, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Slovene time required is 44 weeks.

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