Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
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.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Czech Language
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
Prosím
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
154.30 million
  
12
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
slovenčina
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
slovaque
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
6th Century
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Western
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional