Slovak (Aboot this soondslovenský jazyk , slovenčina, no tae be ramfeeselt wi slovenski jezik, slovenščina, or Slovenian), is an Indo-European leid that belongs tae the Wast Slavic leids (togither wi Czech, Pols, Silesian, Kashubian, an Sorbian).

Slovak
Slovakie
slovenčina, slovenský jazyk
Native taeSlovakie, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, mairchin regions o wastren Ukraine (Zakkarpatia)
EthnicitySlovaks
Native speakers
5.2 million (2011–2012)[1]
Laitin (Slovak alphabet)
Slovak Braille
Offeecial status
Offeecial leid in
 Slovakie
 European Union
 Czech Republic[2]
 Vojvodina[3]
Recognised minority
leid in
Regulatit biMeenistry o Cultur o the Slovak Republic
Leid codes
ISO 639-1sk
ISO 639-2slo (B)
slk (T)
ISO 639-3slk
Glottologslov1269[4]
Linguasphere53-AAA-db < 53-AAA-b...–d
(varieties: 53-AAA-dba to 53-AAA-dbs)
The Slovak-speakin warld:
  regions whaur Slovak is the leid o the majority
  regions whaur Slovak is the leid o a signeeficant minority
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Slovak is spoken in the Slovak Republic (bi 5 million fowk), also in the Unitit States (500,000), the Czech Republic (320,000), Serbie (Vojvodina) (60,000), Ireland (30,000), Romanie (22,000), Hungary (20,000), Poland (20,000), Canadae (20,000), Croatie (5,000), Australie, Austrick an Ukraine.

References eedit

  1. Slovak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. E.g. law 500/2004, 337/1992. Source: http://portal.gov.cz/app/zakony/download?idBiblio=58370&nr=500~2F2004~20Sb.&ft=pdf Archived 2019-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Autonomous Province of Vojvodina". Government of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. 2013. Archived frae the original on 20 December 2017. Retrieved 25 Mey 2017.
  4. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Slovak". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.