ISO 639-3 · slvslv
Indo-European family
Slovene
slovenski jezik
Slovene is a language of the Western South Slavic branch (Indo-European), spoken in Slovenia, Austria, Italy and Hungary and 6 more countries. Wikidata counts about 2.4 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “South Slavic language spoken primarily in Slovenia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
slv- ISO 639-1
sl- Glottocode
slov1268- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Centre point
- 46.00, 15.00
- Wikipedia
- 170 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
10countries
1scripts
5levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Slovene · slovenski jezik |
|---|---|
| Also called | Slovenian, Slovenian language, Slovene language, Slovenščina, Slovenski |
| All speakers | 2,400,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Official in | Slovenia |
| Grammatical cases | 6 listed in Wikidata |
| Grammatical genders | 4 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Slovene
The branches above Slovene, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Sloveniaofficial · 7 languages in the indexAustria11 languages in the indexItaly39 languages in the indexHungary10 languages in the indexCroatia17 languages in the indexGermany36 languages in the indexUnited States245 languages in the indexCanada112 languages in the indexArgentina28 languages in the indexSouth Africa30 languages in the index