Slovaks

The Slovaks or Slovakians are a western Slavic people that mainly live in Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.

Slovaks

File:Svks2.jpg Anton Bernolák, Ľudovít Štúr, Andrej Hlinka, Štefan Banič, Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Aurel Stodola, Adam František Kollár, Milan Hodža, Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Gustáv Husák, Alexander Dubček
Total population
~7 million
Regions with significant populations
Slovakia:    4,614,854[1] United States:    1,200,000[2] Czech Republic:    200,000[3] Canada:    100,000[4] Serbia:    59,021 22x20px Ireland:    30,000[5] Austria:    25,000[6] Germany:    20,200 Hungary:    17,693 Belgium:    4,000[7] Latin America:   300,000 (est.) Other:    120,000 (est.)
Languages
Slovak
Religion
Roman Catholic 68.9%, Byzantine Rite Catholic 4.1%, Protestant 10.8%, Eastern Orthodox, other or unspecified 3.2%, no denomination, agnostic or non-religious 13% (2001 census within Slovakia, extrapolated to outside Slovaks)
Related ethnic groups
Other West Slavs

Ľudovít Štúr - epitome of the Slovak Revival - politician, poet, journalist, publisher, teacher, philosopher and linguist

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Pribina, ruler of Principality of Nitra

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Area of Czech and Slovakian languages in the Austrian monarchy in the 19th century

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The language spread of Slovak in the United States according to U. S. Census 2000 and other resources interpreted by research of U. S. ENGLISH Foundation, percentage of home speakers

Slovaks Media

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  Ján Hollý (portrait from 1885)

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  A statue of Svätopluk I

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  Slovaks in Vojvodina, Serbia (2002 census)