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German and Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia   
Germany   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   
Council for German Orthography   

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Serbo-Croatian   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200   
German-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
25   
7
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
20   
10
9   
1

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
hallo   

Thank You
Hvala   
Danke   

How Are You?
Kako se imate?   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
Lahko noč   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
Dober večer   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
Dober dan   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
guten Morgen   

Please
Prosim   
bitte   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Verzeihung   

Bye
Nasvidenje   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Ljubim te   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Resian   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Styrian   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Slovenia   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
48   
31
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million   
99+
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
Not available   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
slovène   
allemand   

German Name
Slowenisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Slovenes   
Germans   

History

Origin
972-1093   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Slovene   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
Not Available   
9   
9

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sl   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
slv   
ger   

ISO 639 3
slv   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
slov1268   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Slovene and German Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Slovene and German dialects. Various dialects of Slovene and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Slovene are spoken in different Slovene Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Slovene vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Slovene dialects include: Prekmurje Slovene, Resian. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Slovene and German Speaking population

Slovene and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovene and German languages can be compared. The total count of Slovene and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovene language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Slovene and German on Slovene vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovene and German Language Codes

Slovene and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Slovene and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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