Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
France
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Italian Language
  
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
bonjour
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
Merci
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
désolé
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
au revoir
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
African French
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
5.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
Not Available
  
Native Name
français
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
français
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
9th Century
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Slovak
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
French 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 French and Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Slovak language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common French Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Slovak Difficulty
The French vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.