Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
France
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Czech Language
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
Bonjour
  
Please
Prosím
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
désolé
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Africa
  
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
slovenčina
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Français
  
French Name
slovaque
  
français
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Not Available
  
Origin
6th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Standard French
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Slovak and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and French language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs French Difficulty
The Slovak vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.