Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Czech Language
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
hola
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
Prosím
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
triste
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
adiós
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
3
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
slovenčina
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
slovaque
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Not Available
  
Origin
6th Century
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic