Wiki Languages: Slovene language (Slovenščina)
Updated: 17-07-2024 by Wikilanguages.net
| Language: Slovenian (Slovene language) | Local name: Slovenščina |
| Language code: sl | Display language: Simple English (simple)|
| Speak area: Slovenia | Classification: Slavic |
| Country: Slovenia | Second language: |
| Usage: national | Wiki language for Slovene language |
Dictionary for Slovenian (Slovenščina) in Simple English
| English | Slovenian |
| Slovenščina | Simple English |
| Slovenian | |
|---|---|
| Slovene | |
| slovenski jezik, slovenščina | |
| Pronunciation | [sloˈʋenski ˈjɛzik], [sloˈʋenʃtʃina] |
| Native to | Slovenia, Italy (in Friuli-Venezia Giulia), Austria (in Carinthia and Styria), Hungary (in Vas); emigrant communities in various countries |
Native speakers | 2.5 million[1] (2010) |
Language family | Indo-European
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| Dialects |
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Writing system | Latin (Slovene alphabet) Slovene Braille |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Slovenia European UnionRegional or local official language in |
Recognised minority language in |  Austria Italy Hungary |
| Regulated by | Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | |
| ISO 639-2 | |
| ISO 639-3 | slv |
| Linguasphere | 53-AAA-f (51 varieties) |
 Slovene-speaking areas | |
Slovene (or Slovenian) is a language. It is the official language of Slovenia.
Experts estimate that 2.5 million people can understand and speak Slovene.[2] It is a Slavic language, written for more than 1000 years.[3] The earliest written records are the Freising manuscripts.[4]
In 2004, it became an official language of the European Union (there are 24 official languages in total).[5] The standard Slovene alphabet has 25 letters.[6] The letters come from the Latin alphabet. Slovene words are usually pronounced how they are spelled.[7]
Examples :
- Nìč[8] is the word for zero.
- Ena is the word for one.
References
- ↑"International Mother Language Day 2010". Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. 19 February 2010. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
- ↑Krek, Simon (2012). The Slovene language in the digital age = Slovenski jezik v digialni dobi. Georg Rehm, Hans Uszkoreit. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-30636-5. OCLC 799876773.
- ↑"Slovene language". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
- ↑"Freising Manuscripts | Slovenian history". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
- ↑STAS, Magali (2019-01-31). "EU languages". European Union. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
- ↑Herrity, Peter (2000). Slovene: A Comprehensive Grammar. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-415-23148-0.
- ↑"slovake.eu - Learn Slovak online for free". slovake.eu - Learn Slovak online for free. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
- ↑Nìčsounds like nitch in English. The Č in nič is a special letter of the Slovene alphabet. Other special letters are Š and Ž.