SLOVAKIA

 

Languages of Slovakia

National or official language: Slovak. Separate officially of the Czech republic January 1 1993. The number of the languages that you/they are spoken in Slovakia is of 10:

GERMAN, STANDARD


5,900 in Czech Republic (1991 census) to 15,000 (1999).

HUNGARIAN


597,400 in Slovakia (1993), 11.2% of the population.

POLISH


50,000 in Slovakia.

ROMANY, CARPATHIAN


(220,000 in Slovakia and Czech Republic; 1980 UBS). Northern, eastern, and southern Slovakia. Alternate names: BASHALDO, ROMUNGRO, HUNGARIAN-SLOVAK ROMANI. Dialects: MORAVIAN ROMANI, EAST SLOVAKIAN ROMANI, WEST SLOVAKIAN ROMANI. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern.

ROMANY, VLAX


500 Lovari in Slovakia. Dialects: LOVARI, KALDERASH (KALDARÁRI). Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Vlax.

RUSYN


50,000 in Slovakia (1991 census).

SERBO-CROATIAN


SLOVAK


4,865,450 in Slovakia (1990 WA).

UCRAINIAN


100,000 in Slovakia.

- Linguistic information taken of "Ethnologue"

Romany associations