Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
European Union, Slovenia
National Language
Germany
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Kako se imate?
Good Night
gute Nacht
Lahko noč
Good Evening
guten Abend
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
Dober dan
Good Morning
guten Morgen
Dobro jutro
Sorry
Verzeihung
Oprostite
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Hungary, Slovenia
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Resian
Where They Speak
Germany
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Texas German
Styrian
Where They Speak
Texas
Slovenia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Deutsch
Not available
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
allemand
slovène
German Name
Deutsch
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Germans
Slovenes
Origin
6th Century AD
972-1093
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Slovene
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed German
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
slov1268
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
53-AAA-f
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
All German and Slovene Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all German and Slovene dialects. Various dialects of German and Slovene language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Slovene Dialects are spoken in different Slovene speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Slovene Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Slovene dialects include: Prekmurje Slovene , Resian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Slovene Speaking population
German and Slovene speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Slovene languages can be compared. The total count of German and Slovene Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovene language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak German and Slovene on German vs Slovene where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Slovene Language Codes
German and Slovene language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Slovene Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
