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Slovene and German


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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