Slovak language

Slovak
slovenčina, slovenský jazyk
Native to	Slovakia, Serbia; minority language in Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia and Ukraine
Native speakers	5.2 million (2011–2012)
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic West Slavic Czech–Slovak Slovak
Writing system	Latin (Slovak alphabet) Slovak Braille
Official status
Official language in	Slovakia  European Union  Czech Republic Serbia, (Vojvodina)
Recognised minority language in	Poland  Hungary
Regulated by	Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Language codes
ISO 639-1	sk
ISO 639-2	(B)  (T)
ISO 639-3
Glottolog	slov1269
Linguasphere	53-AAA-db < 53-AAA-b...-d (varieties: 53-AAA-dba to 53-AAA-dbs)
The Slovak-speaking world:   regions where Slovak is the language of the majority   regions where Slovak is the language of a significant minority
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Slovak ⁱ/ˈsloʊvæk, -vɑːk/ (Slovak: slovenský jazyk, pronounced [ˈs̻l̺ɔ̝ʋe̞n̻˕s̻ki̞ː ˈjɐ̞zi̞k], or slovenčina [ˈs̻l̺ɔ̝ʋe̞n̺t̺͡ʃi̞n̻ɐ̞]; not to be confused with slovenski jezik or slovenščina, the native names of the Slovene language) is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages (together with Czech, Polish, Silesian, Kashubian, and Sorbian).

Slovak is the official language of Slovakia where it is spoken by approximately 5.51 million people (2014). Slovak speakers are also found in the United States, the Czech Republic, Argentina, Serbia, Ireland, Romania, Poland, Canada, Hungary, Croatia, the United Kingdom, Australia, Austria, Ukraine and many others worldwide.