Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
grazie
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
Per Favore
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
scusate
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
5.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
Not Available
  
Native Name
Italiano
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
italien
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
960 BC
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Slovak
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
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
  
Italian 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 Italian and Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Slovak language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Slovak Difficulty
The Italian vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.