Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Czech Language
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
hej
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
god morgon
  
Please
Prosím
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
ledsen
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
hej då
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
slovenčina
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
slovaque
  
suédois
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
6th Century
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Western
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Standard Swedish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Slovak and Swedish 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 Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Swedish language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Swedish Difficulty
The Slovak vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.