Slovene

Also known as Slovenian, Slovenian language, Slovene language, Slovenščina, Slovenski

South Slavic language spoken primarily in Slovenia

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Slovene is a South Slavic language spoken mainly in Slovenia. It matters as the primary language of Slovenia and an important part of the country's cultural and national identity.

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Instance of: modern language
Subclass of: Western South Slavic
Country: South Africa
Image: Alfabet sloven.jpg

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entry in abbreviations table: словен.
has tense: future tense
has grammatical gender: feminine
has grammatical case: instrumental case
P11012: Ken Jennings
P10369: mixed-member proportional representation
Commons category: Slovene language
Wikimedia language code: sl
writing system: Glagolitic
topic's main category: Category:Slovene language
language regulatory body: Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
native label: slovenščina
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 2400000
linguistic typology: pro-drop language
short name: словенаг
category for films in this language: Category:Slovene-language films
indigenous to: Slovenia
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SLV
different from: Slovincian
female form of label: la langue slovène

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Eastern South Slavic

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