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Slovak vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
4   
11

National Language
Spain   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
French Language   
Czech Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Czech-Slovak Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
22   
12
38   
27

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hola   
Ahoj   

Thank You
Gracias   
Ďakujem vám   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
Ako sa máte?   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
Dobrú noc   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
Dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
Dobré popoludnie   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
Dobré ráno   

Please
Por Favor   
Prosím   

Sorry
triste   
Pardón!   

Bye
adiós   
Dovidenia   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
Ľúbim Ťa   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
Prepáčte!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Eastern Slovak   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Central Slovak   

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

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Western Slovak   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
5.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
Not Available   

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
5.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
Not Available   

Native Name
Español   
slovenčina   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Slovakian, Slovencina   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
slovaque   

German Name
Spanisch   
Slowakisch   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Slovaks   

History

Origin
210 BC   
6th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
Proto-Slavic   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Slovak   

Language Position
2   
2
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
sk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
slk   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
slo   

ISO 639 3
spa   
slk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
slov1269   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
53-AAA-db   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Spanish and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Slovak language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Slovak Language History.

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

Spanish vs Slovak Difficulty

The Spanish vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.

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