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Language code: slk

Technical information about ISO 639 language code slk

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The table below provides technical details for the Slovak language, designated by the slk code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

slk (Terminology)

Name

Official

Slovak

Native

Slovenčina

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Western SlovakCentral SlovakEastern Slovak
Related languages
CzechPolishSilesianUpper SorbianLower Sorbian
Key facts
Belongs to the West Slavic branch of Indo-EuropeanStandard Slovak was codified in the 1840s mainly on Central SlovakWritten with Latin script enriched by diacritics such as č, ľ, ä and long vowel marksDistinguishes vowel length phonemically and has the rare consonantal phoneme /ľ/Remains highly mutually intelligible with Czech.
Sample phrase

Ahoj, ako sa máš?

Character encodings

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

Supported in Localizely

The Slovak language, identified by the code slk, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

The ISO 639-2 standard offers two codes for the Slovak language: slk for terminology purposes and slo for bibliographic uses.

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