Language
Languages of Slovakia
Slovakia. 5,379,455. National or official language: Slovak. Officially separated from Czech Republic January 1, 1993. Literacy rate: 99%. Also includes Czech, Russian. Information mainly from B. Comrie 1987; I. Hancock 1990. Blind population: 10,000 in former Czechoslovakia. Deaf institutions: 51 in former Czechoslovakia. The number of languages listed for Slovakia is 10. Of those, all are living languages.
[hrv] Dialects: Croatian. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, South, Western.
German, Standard
[deu] 15,000 in Czech Republic (1999). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German.
Hungarian
[hun] 597,400 in Slovakia (1993). In the south. Alternate names: Magyar. Classification: Uralic, Finno-Ugric, Ugric, Hungarian.
Polish
[pol] 50,000 in Slovakia. Alternate names: Polski. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, West, Lechitic.
Romani, Carpathian
[rmc] 220,000 in Slovakia (1980 UBS). Population includes Czech Republic. Northern, eastern, and southern Slovakia. Alternate names: Bashaldo, Romungro, Hungarian-Slovak Romani. Dialects: Moravian Romani, East Slovakian Romani, West Slovakian Romani. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern.
Romani, Vlax
[rmy] 500 Lovari in Slovakia. Dialects: Lovari, Kalderash (Kaldarári). Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Vlax.
Rusyn
[rue] 50,000 in Slovakia (1991 census). Northeast Slovakia, Preshov Region. Alternate names: Ruthenian, Carpathian, Carpatho-Rusyn. Dialects: Lemko. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, East.
Slovak
[slk] 4,865,450 in Slovakia (1990 WA). Population total all countries: 5,011,120. Western upland country around Bratislava. Also spoken in Canada, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Ukraine, USA. Alternate names: Slovakian. Dialects: Western and central dialects of Slovak are inherently intelligible with Czech. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, West, Czech-Slovak.
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Slovakia. 5,379,455. National or official language: Slovak. Officially separated from Czech Republic January 1, 1993. Literacy rate: 99%. Also includes Czech, Russian. Information mainly from B. Comrie 1987; I. Hancock 1990. Blind population: 10,000 in former Czechoslovakia. Deaf institutions: 51 in former Czechoslovakia. The number of languages listed for Slovakia is 10. Of those, all are living languages.
Living languages
Croatian[hrv] Dialects: Croatian. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, South, Western.
German, Standard
[deu] 15,000 in Czech Republic (1999). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German.
Hungarian
[hun] 597,400 in Slovakia (1993). In the south. Alternate names: Magyar. Classification: Uralic, Finno-Ugric, Ugric, Hungarian.
Polish
[pol] 50,000 in Slovakia. Alternate names: Polski. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, West, Lechitic.
Romani, Carpathian
[rmc] 220,000 in Slovakia (1980 UBS). Population includes Czech Republic. Northern, eastern, and southern Slovakia. Alternate names: Bashaldo, Romungro, Hungarian-Slovak Romani. Dialects: Moravian Romani, East Slovakian Romani, West Slovakian Romani. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern.
Romani, Vlax
[rmy] 500 Lovari in Slovakia. Dialects: Lovari, Kalderash (Kaldarári). Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Vlax.
Rusyn
[rue] 50,000 in Slovakia (1991 census). Northeast Slovakia, Preshov Region. Alternate names: Ruthenian, Carpathian, Carpatho-Rusyn. Dialects: Lemko. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, East.
Slovak
[slk] 4,865,450 in Slovakia (1990 WA). Population total all countries: 5,011,120. Western upland country around Bratislava. Also spoken in Canada, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Ukraine, USA. Alternate names: Slovakian. Dialects: Western and central dialects of Slovak are inherently intelligible with Czech. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, West, Czech-Slovak.
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