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335 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Slovenian Slovene sləυ�vi�niən
Language name Slovakian Slovak sləυ�v�kiən
Autonym (if known and different) slovénsˇčina
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Indo-European Slavic
Language family Indo-European Slavic
Spoken in Slovenia, Austria, Italy
Spoken in Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary
Approximate number of speakers 2.5m
Approximate number of speakers 5m
Writing system Roman
Writing system Roman
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress quantity-based system
Stress word-initial
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 8 distinct qualities, 7 long and 6 short
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 6 + length + 4 diphthongs
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone tonal accent
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm stress-timing
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology fusional stem-based
Morphology fusional stem-based
Particular formation types suffix
Particular formation types infix; prefix; suffix
Syntax
Word order SVO AN prepositions
PossN
Syntax
Word order SVO AN prepositions
NPoss
Particular syntactic phenomena gender; morphological aspect; nominative /
accusative marking; dual; conjugation classes
Particular syntactic phenomena gender; morphological aspect; nominative /
accusative marking; conjugation classes
Points of interest
Sources Campbell (1991), Katzner (1977), Priestly (1993)
Points of interest mutually intelligible with Czech
Sources Campbell (1991), Ruhlen (1976), Short (1993b)
Slovene see Slovenian