SLOVAK: a language of Slovakia

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: SLO

ISO 639-1: sk

ISO 639-2(B): slo

ISO 639-2(T): slk

Population	4,865,450 in Slovakia (1990 WA). Population total all countries 5,606,000.
Region	Western upland country around Bratislava. Also spoken in Canada, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, USA, Yugoslavia.
Alternate names	SLOVAKIAN
Classification	Indo-European, Slavic, West, Czech-Slovak.
Comments	Western and central dialects of Slovak are inherently intelligible with Czech. National language. Grammar. Christian. Bible 1832-1926.

Also spoken in:

Hungary

Language name	SLOVAK
Population	10,000 to 12,000 in Hungary (1990 Slovak Information Agency).
Comments	Western and central dialects of Slovak are inherently intelligible to Czech speakers. Bible 1832-1926. See main entry under Slovakia.

Yugoslavia

Language name	SLOVAK
Population	80,000 in Yugoslavia (1996 W. Brown).
Comments	Western and central dialects of Slovak are inherently intelligible to Czech speakers. Official language. Bible 1832-1926. See main entry under Slovakia.