Language code: sl

Technical information about ISO 639 language code sl

The table below provides technical details for the Slovenian language, designated by the sl code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

sl

Name

Official

Slovenian

Native

Slovenščina

Family
Slavic
Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
CarinthianLittoralRovteUpper CarniolanLower CarniolanStyrianPannonian
Related languages
CroatianSerbianBosnianMontenegrinMacedonianBulgarian
Key facts
It preserves the grammatical dual number throughout its morphologyIt employs a pitch-accent system that contrasts vowel length and toneThe first printed book in Slovenian was Primož Trubar’s Catechism from 1550The standard Slovene alphabet has 25 letters, including the diacritic characters č, š, and žDialectal variation is so wide that speakers from opposite corners of the country may need to switch to the standard language to understand each other.
Sample phrase

Živjo, kako si?

Character encodings

ISO 8859-2, ISO 8859-16, Windows 1250, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

Slovenian belongs to the Indo-European language family, specifically within the Slavic subgroup. It is the official language of Slovenia and is also used by Slovene minority communities in neighboring countries such as Austria, Italy, and Hungary. Slovenian is written using the Latin script (Slovene alphabet). It is estimated that there are around 2.5 million speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

133K

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Slovenian speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

sl-SI Slovenian (Slovenia)

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