Slovak
Slovak (slovenčina, slovenský jazyk) is an Indo-European language belonging to the West Slavic languages (together with Czech, Polish and Sorbian). Slovak is especially close to Czech.
Slovak is spoken in Slovakia (by 5 million people), the United States (500,000, emigrants), the Czech Republic (320,000, due to former Czechoslovakia), Hungary (20,000, ancient ethnic minority), Northern Serbia-Vojvodina (60,000, descendants of earlier settlers during the Habsburg rule), Romania (22,000, old ethnic minority), Poland (20,000), Canada (20,000, emigrants), Australia (emigrants), Austria, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Croatia (5,000) and some other countries.
Slovak
slovenčina
Spoken in: Slovakia, United States, Czech Republic and elsewhere
Region: Central Europe
Total speakers: over 6 million
Language family:
Indo-European
Slavic
West Slavic
Czech-Slovak
Slovak
Official status
Official language of: Slovakia, Vojvodina, European Union
Regulated by: Slovak Academy of Sciences (The Ľudovít Štúr Linguistic Institute)
Language codes
ISO 639-1: sk
ISO 639-2: slo (B) slk (T)
ISO/FDIS 639-3: slk
