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Slovene vs Slovak


Slovak vs Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy   
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Serbo-Croatian   
Czech Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Czech-Slovak Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25   
7
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
20   
10
38   
27

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Ahoj   

Thank You
Hvala   
Ďakujem vám   

How Are You?
Kako se imate?   
Ako sa máte?   

Good Night
Lahko noč   
Dobrú noc   

Good Evening
Dober večer   
Dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
Dober dan   
Dobré popoludnie   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
Dobré ráno   

Please
Prosim   
Prosím   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Pardón!   

Bye
Nasvidenje   
Dovidenia   

I Love You
Ljubim te   
Ľúbim Ťa   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
Prepáčte!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene   
Eastern Slovak   

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Resian   
Central Slovak   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   

Dialect 3
Styrian   
Western Slovak   

Where They Speak
Slovenia   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   

Total No. Of Dialects
48   
31
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million   
99+
5.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
5.20 million   
99+

Native Name
Not available   
slovenčina   

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina   
Slovakian, Slovencina   

French Name
slovène   
slovaque   

German Name
Slowenisch   
Slowakisch   

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Slovenes   
Slovaks   

History

Origin
972-1093   
6th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Slavic   

Standard Forms
Slovene   
Slovak   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sl   
sk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv   
slk   

ISO 639 2/B
slv   
slo   

ISO 639 3
slv   
slk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
slov1268   
slov1269   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f   
53-AAA-db   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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Slovene and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Slovene vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Slovene and Slovak language. History of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093 whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century. 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 Slovak Language History.

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

Slovene vs Slovak Difficulty

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

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