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Slovak and German


German and Slovak


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
7   
8

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
Germany   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

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

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

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

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46   
26
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
10   
7

How Many Consonants
38   
27
9   
1

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
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj   
hallo   

Thank You
Ďakujem vám   
Danke   

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

Good Night
Dobrú noc   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
Dobrý večer   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
Dobré ráno   
guten Morgen   

Please
Prosím   
bitte   

Sorry
Pardón!   
Verzeihung   

Bye
Dovidenia   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   
Switzerland   

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

Dialect 2
Central Slovak   
Swabian German   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Western Slovak   
Texas German   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
28   
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
5.20 million   
99+
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
slovenčina   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
slovaque   
allemand   

German Name
Slowakisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Slovaks   
Germans   

History

Origin
6th Century   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Germanic   

Branch
Western   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic   
No early forms   

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

Language Position
Not Available   
9   
9

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sk   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
slo   
ger   

ISO 639 3
slk   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
slov1269   
high1287, uppe1397   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Slovak and German Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Slovak and German dialects. Various dialects of Slovak and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Slovak are spoken in different Slovak Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Slovak vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak, Central Slovak. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Slovak and German Speaking population

Slovak and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and German languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Slovak and German on Slovak vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovak and German Language Codes

Slovak and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Slovak and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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