Slovene
Let an agent explain the Slovene language and its features, dialects and history, support learners with resources, describe its status and minority communities with attribution, and support linguistic questions.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What Slovene is.
Features
Features.
Features
Features.
- What are the phonological and grammatical features of Slovene, including the dual number? definition
- Is standard Slovene or a dialect meant? boundary
Dialects
Dialects.
Dialects
Dialects.
- What are the major dialect groups of Slovene, and why is the language so diverse? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific dialect? action
Learn Learning Slovene.
Learners
For learners.
Learners
Learners.
- How can Slovene be learned, and which resources do language institutions recommend? provenance
- Which entry fits language learning? action
Usage
Usage questions.
Usage
Usage.
- How is a given form or expression used correctly in standard Slovene? action
- Which entry fits Slovene grammar? action
Society Status and communities.
Status
Official status.
Status
Status.
- What is the status of Slovene in Slovenia and the European Union, and how is it protected as a minority language abroad? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Minorities
Minority communities.
Minorities
Minorities.
- How do Slovene-speaking communities in Italy, Austria and Hungary describe their situation, with attribution? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific community? action
History History and teaching.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did Slovene develop and become standardised, from early manuscripts to the modern language? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How is Slovene taught in schools and abroad? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Pannonian dialect group, Veneto-Slovene, Carinthian dialect group, Cerkno dialect, Jaun Valley dialect, Littoral dialect group, Lower Carniolan dialect group, Mežica dialect, North Pohorje–Remšnik dialect, Rovte dialect group, Styrian dialect group, Upper Carniolan dialect group
What it is Filled
A South Slavic language spoken by about two and a half million people, the official language of Slovenia and a recognised minority language in neighbouring Italy, Austria and Hungary, written in the Latin alphabet, notable for preserving the dual number and for exceptional dialect diversity across groups such as the Carinthian, Littoral, Pannonian and Rovte dialects, with standard Slovene codified since the sixteenth century; Slovene is an official language of the European Union.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the Slovene language and its features, dialects and history, support learners with resources, describe its status and minority communities with attribution, and support linguistic questions.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Dual number
- Dialect diversity
- Latin script
- European Union official language
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present machine translation as certified translation for legal or medical use.
- Treat Slovene as a dialect of another language or misidentify it as Slovak.
- Belittle Slovene minorities in Italy, Austria or Hungary or their language rights.
- Attribute statements in Slovene to a person without evidence they said them.
Only with a human decision
- Translating documents with legal effect, such as contracts or court papers.
- Medical or safety communication that a speaker will rely on.
May
- Translate to and from Slovene and explain its grammar, including the dual number.
- Identify regional dialects with care and note uncertainty.
Moral aspects Filled
- A small language depends on respect and support to remain in daily use.
- Minority speakers abroad have faced suppression of their language.
Who is affected
- Slovene speakers
- Slovene minorities in neighbouring countries
Owners Filled
Steward
The public: held in common by its speakers; the national language institution and Slovenian state support its standard.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q10686779 - registry parent class
related
- Western South Slavic - category
- Slavs - the wider Slavic peoples
- Latin script - the script of Slovene
- multilingualism - Slovene in multilingual border regions
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.slovene
- Wikidata: Q9063 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9063)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- South Slavic language of Slovenia
- Dual number, rich dialect diversity
- Slovak is a different West Slavic language; Croatian and Serbian are neighbouring South Slavic languages
- Not physical; a language written in Latin script.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain features and dialects
- support learners
- describe status and communities
- support linguistic questions
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing Slovene with Slovak
- Politicised presentation of minority issues
- Ignoring dialect diversity
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Slovene orthography and language institute norms
- Minority language protections in Italy, Austria and Hungary
- European Union language regulations
Context of use required Filled
- The Slovene language.
- standard Slovene
- Carinthian dialect group
- Littoral dialect group
- Pannonian and Styrian dialect groups
- Slovene in Italy, Austria and Hungary
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q9063: Slovene - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Slovene language - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should dialect groups be separate entries?
- How should language institute resources be linked?
- How should learner resources be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q9063/spec.json