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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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