Countries
European Union, Slovenia
  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
South Africa
  
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
Similar To
Serbo-Croatian
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Hvala
  
Thank you
  
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
  
How are you?
  
Good Night
Lahko noč
  
Good Night
  
Good Evening
Dober večer
  
Good Evening
  
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
  
Good Afternoon
  
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
  
Good Morning
  
Please
Prosim
  
Please
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
Sorry
  
Bye
Nasvidenje
  
Bye
  
I Love You
Ljubim te
  
I love you
  
Excuse Me
Oprostite
  
Excuse Me
  
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
  
American English
  
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
  
United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Resian
  
Hiberno-English
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Styrian
  
Welsh English
  
Where They Speak
Slovenia
  
United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
14
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
1,200.00 million
  
1
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
400.00 million
  
3
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
400.00 million
  
1
Native Name
Not available
  
English
  
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
Not Available
  
French Name
slovène
  
anglais
  
German Name
Slowenisch
  
Englisch
  
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Ethnicity
Slovenes
  
Not Available
  
Origin
972-1093
  
5th Century AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Standard Forms
Slovene
  
Standard English
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sl
  
en
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slv
  
eng
  
ISO 639 2/B
slv
  
eng
  
ISO 639 3
slv
  
eng
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
engs
  
Glottocode
slov1268
  
stan1293
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
  
52-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic