About Slovak

Slovak is a West Slavic language spoken by approximately 5 million people, primarily in Slovakia where it serves as the official language. It is closely related to Czech, and the two languages share a high degree of mutual intelligibility. Slovak is written using the Latin alphabet with diacritical marks including the hacek and acute accent.

The modern Slovak literary language was codified in the mid-19th century by Ludovit Stur, who based the standard on Central Slovak dialects. Slovak features a rich case system with six grammatical cases, three genders, and a complex system of verb aspects. Interestingly, Slovak is sometimes called the "Slavic Esperanto" because speakers of other Slavic languages often find it relatively easy to understand, making it something of a bridge language within the Slavic language family.