Slovene language
Slovene (or Slovenian) is a language. It is the official language of Slovenia.
| Slovenian | ||||
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| 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 |
approx. 32 unstandardised dialects
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| Writing system | Latin (Slovene alphabet) Slovene Braille | |||
| Official status | ||||
| Official language in |  Slovenia  European Union Regional 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 | sl | |||
| ISO 639-2 | slv | |||
| ISO 639-3 | slv | |||
| Linguasphere | 53-AAA-f (51 varieties) | |||
 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 :
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
Vowels of Slovene, from Šuštaršič, Komar & Petek (1999:137). /ɐ/ is not shown.
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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Nìč sounds like nitch in English. The Č in nič is a special letter of the Slovene alphabet. Other special letters are Š and Ž.
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Slovene language edition. |