Slovene

E28855

Indo-European language South Slavic language standard language

Slovene is a South Slavic language spoken primarily in Slovenia and recognized as one of the official languages of the European Union.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-European language → South Slavic language → standard language →
alternativeName	Slovenian →
ancestor	Common Slavic → Proto-Slavic →
closelyRelatedTo	Bosnian → Croatian → Serbian →
hasDialects	Carinthian dialect group → Carniolan dialect group → Littoral dialect group → Pannonian dialect group → Rovte dialect group → Styrian dialect group →
hasFeature	dual number → grammatical case → grammatical gender → pitch accent in some dialects → rich inflectional morphology →
hasStandardOrthography	Slovene orthography →
ISO639-1Code	sl →
ISO639-2Code	slv →
ISO639-3Code	slv →
languageFamily	Indo-European languages →
nativeSpeakersApprox	2.5 million →
officialIn	Slovenia →
officialStatus	official language of Slovenia → official language of the European Union →
primaryCountry	Slovenia →
primaryScriptVariant	Gaj's Latin alphabet →
regulatesBy	Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language → Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts →
spokenIn	Argentina → Australia → Austria → Canada → Croatia → Germany → Hungary → Italy → United States →
standardBasedOn	Lower Carniolan dialect → Upper Carniolan dialect →
subfamily	Slavic languages → South Slavic languages →
usedIn	Slovenian government administration → Slovenian media → education in Slovenia →
writingDirection	left-to-right →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bosniaks ("Slovenes") → Croats ("Slovenes") → Macedonians ("Slovenes") → Montenegrins ("Slovenes") → Serbs ("Slovenes") →	relatedEthnicGroup
Balkans ("Slovenes") → Istria ("Slovenes") → Julian March ("Slovenes") → Yugoslavia ("Slovenes") →	hasEthnicGroup
Fritzie Zivic ("Slovenian American") → Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes ("Slovenes") →	ethnicGroup
Slavic cultural sphere ("Slovenes") → South Slavs ("Slovenes") →	includesEthnicGroup
Koper → Ljubljana →	officialLanguage
.si →	associatedLanguage
Bulgarian language ("Slovene language") →	closelyRelatedTo
Yugoslav Wars ("Slovenes") →	countryInvolved
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ("Slovenes") →	ethnicComposition
Yugoslavia–Italy border ("Slovenes") →	ethnicGroupsAffected
Istro-Romanian →	hasLexicalInfluenceFrom
Triestine Venetian dialect ("Slovene language") →	hasLinguisticInfluenceFrom
Piazza Unità d’Italia ("Trg zedinjenja Italije (Slovene)") →	hasNameInLanguage
European Union →	hasOfficialLanguage
Slovene ("Slovene orthography") →	hasStandardOrthography
South Slavs ("Slovenes") →	includes
Balto-Slavic languages ("Slovene language") →	includesLanguage
Triestine Venetian dialect ("Slovene language") →	isDistinctFrom
Yugoslavia–Italy border ("Slovene language") →	languageBorderInvolved
Gorizia →	languageSpoken
South Slavs →	majorLanguageGroup