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Slovene language

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Slovene (or Slovenian) is a language. It is the official language of Slovenia.

Slovenian
Slovene
slovenski jezik, slovenščina
Pronunciation[sloˈʋenski ˈjɛzik], [sloˈʋenʃtʃina]
Native toSlovenia, Italy (in Friuli-Venezia Giulia), Austria (in Carinthia and Styria), Hungary (in Vas); emigrant communities in various countries
Native speakers2.5 million[1]  (2010)
Language family
Indo-European
Dialects
Writing systemLatin (Slovene alphabet)
Slovene Braille
Official status
Official language in22x20px Slovenia
22x20px European Union
Regional or local official language in
Recognised minority language in
22x20px Austria
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
22x20px Hungary
Regulated bySlovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Language codes
ISO 639-1sl
ISO 639-2slv
ISO 639-3slv
Linguasphere53-AAA-f (51 varieties)
300px
Slovene-speaking areas
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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.

Slovene Language Media

  • The Freising manuscripts, dating from the late 10th or the early 11th century, are considered the oldest documents in Slovene.

  • A schematic map of Slovene dialects, based on the map by Tine Logar, Jakob Rigler, and other sources

  • Slovenian vowel chart.svg

    Vowels of Slovene, from Šuštaršič, Komar & Petek (1999:137). /ɐ/ is not shown.

  • Jozef Nahtigal tombstone in Dobrova Slovenia.jpg

    Tombstone of Jožef Nahtigal in Dobrova with archaic Slovene onikanje in indirect reference. Literal translation "Here lie [počivajo] the honorable Jožef Nahtigal ... they were born [rojeni] ... they died [umerli] ... God grant them [jim] eternal peace and rest."

References

  1. ↑ International Mother Language Day 2010. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. 19 February 2010. http://www.stat.si/eng/novica_prikazi.aspx?id=2957. Retrieved 29 January 2011. 
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Slovene language". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  4. ↑ "Freising Manuscripts | Slovenian history". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  5. ↑ STAS, Magali (2019-01-31). "EU languages". European Union. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  6. ↑ Herrity, Peter (2000). Slovene: A Comprehensive Grammar. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-415-23148-0.
  7. ↑ "slovake.eu - Learn Slovak online for free". slovake.eu - Learn Slovak online for free. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  8. ↑ "sound", Simple English Wiktionary, 2025-02-22, retrieved 2025-11-05
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