Slovenian Language
Slovenian alphabet, Slovenian orthography, Slovenian language history and sources
Slovenian language
Slovenian: Official language of Slovenia.
Number of Slovenian Speakers: 2.2 million worldwide.
Slovenian Speakers: In Slovenia, Italy, the United States, Austria, Australia, Hungary, Canada, and Argentina.
Language Classification: Slavic language subgroup of Indo-European family.
Slovenian Alphabet: Contains 25 Roman letters.
Slovenian Orthography: Five vowels (with different values as in English) and 34 consonants. Grammatically complex language. Free stress that may fall on any syllable.
Slovenian Language History: Earliest scripts go back to 1000. First Slovenian translation of Bible in 1584.
Slovenian Language Enriched by: English, Serbian, and Croatian.
Slovenian Standardization Efforts: Modern language period started with the publication of normative grammar in 1809. Slovenian maintained its archaic Proto-Slavic features and lexical characteristics.
Unique Features of Slovenian: Slovenian language was one of the strongest cultural identities survived centuries of suppression.
For more linguistic affiliation, language variation, orthography, linguistic sketch, and history of Slovenian language UCLA Language Materials Project has a good linguistics and interlingual background information on Slovenian.
