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Slovak

slovenčina

Slovak is an Indo-European language spoken in Slovakia, Czechia, Serbia, and Hungary, by about 6 million people. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Slovak ( SLOH-va(h)k; endonym: slovenčina [ˈslɔʋent͡ʂina] or slovenský jazyk [ˈslɔʋenskiː ˈjazik] ), is a West Slavic language of the Czech–Slovak group, written in Latin script. 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 five 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 is closely related to Czech, to the point of very high mutual intelligibility, as well as to Polish. 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 and German, as well as other Slavic languages.

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Written down

Všetci ľudia sa rodia slobodní a sebe rovní , čo sa týka ich dostojnosti a práv. Sú obdarení rozumom a majú navzájom jednať v bratskom duchu.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Slovak

MeaningWordRomanization
mothermatka
fatherotec
childdieťa
manmuž
womanžena
personosoba
namemeno
friendpriateľ
eyeoko
earucho
nosenos
toothzub
tonguejazyk
handruka
heartsrdce
headhlava
bloodkrv
bonekosť
skinkoža
kneekoleno
breastprsník
liverpečeň
watervoda
fireoheň
sunslnko
moonmesiac
starhviezda
skynebo
raindážď
snowsneh

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Vocabulary

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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