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Slovene vs English


English vs Slovene


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
33   
2

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

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

Alphabets
25   
7
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene   
American English   

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
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

Total No. Of Dialects
48   
31
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
Not Available   
5.43 %   
4

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   

History

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   
3   
3

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Slovene and English Language History

Comparison of Slovene vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Slovene and English language. History of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093 whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Slovene and English Language History.

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Slovene and English 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 Slovene and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovene and English language. Slovene word for "Hello" is Halo or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Slovene Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Slovene vs English Difficulty

The Slovene vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovene Alphabets and English 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 Slovene and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovene and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovene is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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