Language code: slo

Technical information about ISO 639 language code slo

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

Code

slo (Bibliographic)

Name

Official

Slovak

Native

Slovenčina

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Western SlovakCentral SlovakEastern Slovak
Related languages
CzechPolishUpper SorbianLower SorbianRusyn
Key facts
Mutually intelligible with Czech to a high degreeUses a 46-letter Latin alphabet featuring unique characters such as Ľ, Ĺ, Ť and ŇDistinguishes short and long vowels phonemically, marked with diacriticsFirst full codification was produced by Anton Bernolák in 1790Contains the uncommon consonant cluster “šť” pronounced /ʃc/
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 slo, 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: slo for bibliographic purposes and slk for terminology uses.

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