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Hi Polyglots! 😃


Welcome to the Slovak learning page!

You will find below many free resources to learn and practice this language.


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Facts about Slovak

  • Language code (ISO 639-3): slk
  • Autonyms (how to write "Slovak" in Slovak): Slovenčina / Slovenský jazyk
  • Other names for "Slovak": Slovencina, Slovenský Jazyk, Slovakian
  • The Slovak language is spoken in: Slovakia


Slovak is a West Slavic language of the Czech–Slovak group, written in Latin script. Spoken by approximately 5 million people as a native language, primarily ethnic Slovaks, it serves as the official language of Slovakia and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union.

Slovak is closely related to Czech, to the point of mutual intelligibility to a very high degree, as well as Polish.

Like other Slavic languages, Slovak is a fusional language with a complex system of morphology and relatively flexible word order. Its vocabulary has been extensively influenced by Latin and German and other Slavic languages.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak_language

Slovak Dictionaries

Slovenské slovníky: Slovak dictionaries: meanings in Slovak in several dictionaries

Slex: Slovak dictionaries, meanings in Slovak

Lingea: Slovak-English dictionary & multilingual

Konverzácia: Slovak-English phrase book (for Slovak speakers)

Slovník.sk: Slovak-English dictionary & French, German

Zoznam: Slovak-English dictionary & English, German, Hungarian, Russian, French, Italian, Spanish

Iate: multilingual terminological dictionary (European Union)

Slovak-Hungarian dictionary

Slovak-Russian dictionary

Loecsen: Slovak-English common phrases (+ audio)

Goethe-Verlag: Slovak-English common phrases & illustrated vocabulary (+ audio)

Peace Corps [PDF] Slovak-English common phrases

Praktičný slovensko-anglický tlumač, The practical Slovak American interpreter: common phrases & Slovak-English vocabulary, by Paul Kadak (1905)

etymological studies about the Slovak language, by Ľubor Králik (in Slovak)


Sources

https://www.lexilogos.com/english/slovak_dictionary.htm

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