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German vs Slovak


Slovak vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
4  
11

National Language
Germany  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

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  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Czech Language  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
15  
12

How Many Consonants
9  
1
38  
27

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Ahoj  

Thank You
Danke  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
Dobré ráno  

Please
bitte  
Prosím  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
Pardón!  

Bye
Tschüs  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
5.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
Not Available  

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
Not Available  

Native Name
Deutsch  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
allemand  
slovaque  

German Name
Deutsch  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
6th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Slavic  

Branch
Western  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Slovak  

Language Position
9  
9
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
slo  

ISO 639 3
deu  
slk  

ISO 639 6
deus  
Not Available  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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German and Slovak Language History

Comparison of German vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of German and Slovak language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th 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 German and Slovak Language History.

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

German vs Slovak Difficulty

The German vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.

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