Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
Similar To
Czech Language
  
German and English Languages
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
dankjewel
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
goede Nacht
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
goedenavond
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
goedemiddag
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
goedemorgen
  
Please
Prosím
  
alsjeblieft
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
sorry
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
vaarwel
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Ik hou van jou
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
pardon
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Limburgian
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Belgium, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
22.00 million
  
35
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
6.00 million
  
25
Native Name
slovenčina
  
Nederlands
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Hollands, Nederlands
  
French Name
slovaque
  
néerlandais; flamand
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Niederländisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Dutch people
  
Origin
6th Century
  
AD 450-500
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Western
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Standard Dutch
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
nl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
nld
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
dut
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
nld
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
mode1257
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
52-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic