Slovak

Also known as Slovak language, Slovakian, Slovakian language

West Slavic language spoken in Slovakia

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Slovak is a West Slavic language spoken primarily in Slovakia, a country in Central Europe. It matters because it is the official language of Slovakia and is spoken by millions of people as their primary means of communication in daily life, government, and culture.

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Wikimedia language code: sk
short name: slovaščina
Commons category: Slovak language
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 6000000
native label: slovenský jazyk
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SLK
female form of label: la langue slovaque
entry in abbreviations table: словац.
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Slovak (/ˈsloʊvæk, -vɑːk/ SLOH-va(h)k; endonym: slovenčina [ˈslɔʋent͡ʂina] or slovenský jazyk [ˈslɔʋenskiː ˈjazik] ), is a West Slavic language of the Czech–Slovak group, written in Latin script. It is part of the Indo-European language family, and is one of the Slavic languages, which are part of the larger Balto-Slavic branch. Spoken by approximately five 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 very high mutual intelligibility, as well as to 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, as well as other Slavic languages.