Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
East Asia, European Union
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Akademio de Esperanto
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
Similar To
Czech Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
Dankon
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
Bonan nokton
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
Bonan vesperon
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
Bonan matenon
  
Please
Prosím
  
Mi petas
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
Ĝis poste
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Mi amas vin
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
Pardonu!
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Not present
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Not present
  
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Not present
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
2.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
0.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.00 million
  
34
Native Name
slovenčina
  
Esperanto
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
French Name
slovaque
  
espéranto
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Esperanto
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espeˈranto]
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Not Available
  
Origin
6th Century
  
1887
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Proto-Esperanto
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Esperanto
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signuno
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
eo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
epo
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
epo
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
epo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
espe1235
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
51-AAB-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Constructed
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Slovak and Esperanto Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Slovak and Esperanto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Esperanto language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Esperanto word for "Thank You" is Dankon. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Esperanto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Esperanto Difficulty
The Slovak vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak Alphabets and Esperanto Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Slovak and Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.