Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
South Africa
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
Similar To
Czech Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
Thank you
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
How are you?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
Good Night
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
Good Evening
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Afternoon
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
Good Morning
  
Please
Prosím
  
Please
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
Sorry
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
Bye
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
I love you
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
Excuse Me
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
American English
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Hiberno-English
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Welsh English
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
14
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
1,200.00 million
  
1
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
400.00 million
  
3
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
400.00 million
  
1
Native Name
slovenčina
  
English
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Not Available
  
French Name
slovaque
  
anglais
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Englisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Not Available
  
Origin
6th Century
  
5th Century AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Standard English
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
en
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
eng
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
eng
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
eng
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
engs
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
stan1293
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
52-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic