Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
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 Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Czech Language
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
Prosím
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Italy
  
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
slovenčina
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
slovaque
  
slovène
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
6th Century
  
972-1093
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Slovene
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Slovak and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Slovene language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Slovene word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Slovene Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Slovene Difficulty
The Slovak vs Slovene difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak Alphabets and Slovene 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 Slovene are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Slovene, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Slovene time required is 44 weeks.