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The Slovak language. The Slovak language today. in Slovak: slovenský jazyk, slovenčina the official language of the Slovak Republic member of the Indo-European languages, it is one of the Slavic languages related languages: Czech and Polish Latin letters
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The Slovak language today • in Slovak: slovenský jazyk, slovenčina • the official language of the Slovak Republic • member of the Indo-European languages, it is one of the Slavic languages • related languages: Czech and Polish • Latin letters • three dialects: West- Slovakian, Middle-Slovakian and East-Slovakian
Where do Slovak people live? • the Slovak language is spoken by more than 6 million people worldwide • Slovakia : about 5million • the USA : about 1million • the Czech Republic : about 350,000 • Hungary : about 80,000 • Canada: about 100,000 • Serbia: about 60,000 • Romania : about 18,000 • + Austria , Ukraine , Croatia , Poland, South America
Slavic languages • West Slavic languages : Polish, Czech, Slovak, Kashubian, Sorbian • South Slavic languages : Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Slovenian, Montenegrin, Macedonian, Bulgarian • East Slavic languages : Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Ruthenian
Words taken over from other languages • Words taken over from the following languages : • Latin, Hungarian, German, Italian. Russian, Romanian, French, Czech, English Examples: Words from Hungarian : betyár- beťár, kocsi- koč, deres- dereš, sátor- šiator, áldomás- oldomáš, kolbász- klobása Words from English : jazz- džez, job- džob, leader- líder , team- tím, speaker- spíker, playback- plejbek, meeting- míting, fanclub- fanklub, disc jockey - disdžokej
International words • The Slovak language is a so-called ‘open’ language – there are many international words used in Slovak • a comparison of the three languages Hungarian Slovak English tinédzser tínedžer teenager menedzser manažér manager internet internet internet szörfözni surfovať surfing imidzs imidž image saláta šalát salad multikulturális multikultúrny multicultural hoki/jégkorong hokej hockey projekt projekt project szoftver softvér software
Köszönjük a figyelmet !Ďakujeme za pozornosť ! Thank you for your attention ! Kotora Andrea and Križan Kitti