Slovak language
West Slavic language spoken primarily in Slovakia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Slovak (/ˈsloʊvæk, -vɑːk/ SLOH-va(h)k;[15][16] endonym: slovenčina [ˈslɔʋentʂina] or slovenský jazyk [ˈslɔʋenskiː ˈjazik]) is a West Slavic language of the Czech–Slovak group, written in Latin script.[17] It is part of the Indo-European language family, and is one of the Slavic languages, which are part of the larger Balto-Slavic branch. Spoken by approximately 5 million people as a native language, primarily ethnic Slovaks, it serves as the official language of Slovakia and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union.
Slovak | |
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slovenčina, slovenský jazyk | |
Pronunciation | [ˈslɔʋentʂina], [ˈslɔʋenskiː ˈjazik] |
Native to | Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Carpathian Ruthenia, Slavonia, and Vojvodina[1] |
Ethnicity | Slovaks, Pannonian Rusyns |
Speakers | Native: 5 million (2011–2021)[2] L2: 2 million[2] |
Dialects |
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Latin (Slovak alphabet) Slovak Braille Cyrillic (Pannonian Rusyn alphabet) | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Slovakia European Union Vojvodina (Serbia)[4] |
Recognised minority language in | |
Regulated by | Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | sk |
ISO 639-2 | slo (B) slk (T) |
ISO 639-3 | slk |
Glottolog | slov1269 |
Linguasphere | 53-AAA-db < 53-AAA-b...–d |
The Slovak-speaking world:
regions where Slovak is the language of the majority regions where Slovak is the language of a significant minority | |
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Slovak is closely related to Czech, to the point of very high mutual intelligibility,[18] as well as Polish.[19] Like other Slavic languages, Slovak is a fusional language with a complex system of morphology and relatively flexible word order. Its vocabulary has been extensively influenced by Latin[20] and German,[21] as well as other Slavic languages.