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Standard Slovene is the national standard language that was formed in the 18th and 19th centuries, based on the Upper and Lower Carniolan dialect groups, more specifically on the language of Ljubljana and adjacent areas.
The population of Slovenia has become more diverse in regard to its language through recent decades but is still relatively homogenous — Slovene was in 2002 the first language of 87.8% of the inhabitants. [8] [9] It was followed by Croatian (2.8%), Serbian (1.6%) and Serbo-Croatian (1.6%). Italian and Hungarian language, protected by the ...
Slovenia is mostly mountainous and forested, [16] covers 20,271 square kilometres (7,827 sq mi), [17] and has a population of approximately 2.1 million. [18] Slovene is the official language. [19] Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, [20] with the exception of the Slovene Littoral and the Julian Alps.
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language 4th ed. (2000), prefers "Slovene" for the citizens of Slovenia, the ethnic group and their language, with "Slovenian" as an acceptable variant without a separate entry.
The Slovene alphabet or Slovenian alphabet (Slovene: slovenska abeceda, pronounced [slɔˈʋèːnska abɛˈtséːda] or slovenska gajica [-ˈɡáːjitsa]) is an extension of the Latin script used to write Slovene. The standard language uses a Latin alphabet which is a slight modification of the Croatian Gaj's Latin alphabet, consisting of 25 ...
Gradually, a distinct Slovene national consciousness developed, and the quest for a political unification of all Slovenes became widespread. In the 1820s and 1840s, the interest in Slovene language and folklore grew enormously, with numerous philologists advancing the first steps towards standardization of the language.
Each language is assigned a two-letter (set 1) and three-letter lowercase abbreviation (sets 2–5). [2] Part 1 of the standard, ISO 639-1 defines the two-letter codes, and Part 3 (2007), ISO 639-3 , defines the three-letter codes, aiming to cover all known natural languages , largely superseding the ISO 639-2 three-letter code standard.
Balto-Slavic language tree. [citation needed] Linguistic maps of Slavic languagesSince the interwar period, scholars have conventionally divided Slavic languages, on the basis of geographical and genealogical principle, and with the use of the extralinguistic feature of script, into three main branches, that is, East, South, and West (from the vantage of linguistic features alone, there are ...