Slovak
Let an agent explain the Slovak language and its dialects, relay history, codification and status from linguistic sources with attribution, describe its relation to Czech, and distinguish Slovak from Czech, from Slovene and from the historical standards the registry aliases name.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the Slovak language and its dialects, relay history, codification and status from linguistic sources with attribution, describe its relation to Czech, and distinguish Slovak from Czech, from Slovene and from the historical standards the registry aliases name.
A West Slavic language spoken by about 5 million people, the official language of Slovakia and a recognised minority language in neighbouring countries, closely related to Czech, with Western, Central and Eastern dialect groups, a standard based on Central Slovak codified by Ludovit Stur in the 1840s after Anton Bernolak s earlier Western-based standard, and historical forms such as the Kamaldul Slovak of an 18th-century Bible translation; Slovak is written in a Latin alphabet with diacritics.
What it is for: Not applicable; a language.
It can be explain dialects and features; relay history and codification; describe status; distinguish related languages.
Distinguishing features
West Slavic
Central Slovak standard
Czech intelligibility
Two historical codifications
What it looks like
Not a visible object; speech and text in Latin script with diacritics.
Physical character
speakers: about 5 million
Bernolak codification: 1787 year
Stur codification: 1843-1846 period
Kamaldul Bible: 1756-1760 period
How it is recognised
West Slavic language of Slovakia
Standard Slovak, Western, Central and Eastern dialects, Bernolak standard, Kamaldul Slovak
Czech is the closest relative and largely mutually intelligible; Slovene is South Slavic
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is the official language of - an EU state
is contrasted with - the closest relative
was codified by - in the 1840s
In practice
Families and kinds
standard Slovak
Western Slovak dialects
Central Slovak dialects
Eastern Slovak dialects
historical standards such as Bernolak s and Kamaldul Slovak
Slovak of minorities in Hungary, Serbia, Romania and elsewhere
Identifiers
ISO 639-1 sk Slovak
ISO 639-3 slk Slovak
Glottolog slov1269 Slovak
Standards and regulation
Slovak State Language Act
EU official language status
Minority language protections in neighbouring states
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing Slovak with Czech or Slovene
Partisan framing of language law debates
Registry aliases mixing dialects and historical standards
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What Slovak is.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition and classification.
Definition
Definition.
- What is Slovak, and how does it relate to Czech and other Slavic languages, as linguists describe? definition
- Is the question about the language, a dialect, history or policy? boundary
Dialects
Dialects.
Dialects
Dialects.
- What are the Western, Central and Eastern dialect groups, and how does the standard relate to them? definition
- Which entry fits the specific dialect? action
Learn Grammar and resources.
Practice.
Grammar
Grammar.
Grammar
Grammar.
- What are the main features of Slovak phonology, cases and verbs? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Resources
Resources.
Resources
Resources.
- What dictionaries, grammars and corpora exist for Slovak? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
History History.
Attribution.
Codification
Codification.
Codification
Codification.
- How did Bernolak and Stur codify Slovak, and what was Kamaldul Slovak? provenance
- Which entry fits Ludovit Stur? action
Policy
Language policy.
Policy
Policy.
- How did Hungarian rule, Czechoslovakia and independence shape Slovak, with debates attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Context Literature and minorities.
Context.
Literature
Literature.
Literature
Literature.
- What are the major works of Slovak literature? provenance
- Which entry fits Slovak literature? action
Minorities
Slovak abroad.
Minorities
Minorities.
- How is Slovak used by minorities in Hungary, Serbia, Romania and the diaspora? provenance
- Which entry fits Slovak diaspora? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should the dialect groups and Bernolak standard be separate primary entries?
- How should linguistic sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming dialects and historical standards; should they be split off?