Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Czech Language
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Prosím
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
slovenčina
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
slovaque
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Not Available
  
Origin
6th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Western
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available