Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
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 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.
  
Similar To
Czech Language
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
ciao
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
buongiorno
  
Please
Prosím
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
scusate
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
78.00 million
  
21
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
slovenčina
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Italiano
  
French Name
slovaque
  
italien
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Italians
  
Origin
6th Century
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Italian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic