1. The Slovak language

2. The Slovak language today in Slovak: slovenský jazyk, slovenčina the official language of the Slovak Republic member of the Indo-European languages, it is one of the Slavic languages related languages: Czech and Polish Latin letters three dialects: West- Slovakian, Middle-Slovakian and East- Slovakian

3. Where do Slovak people live? the Slovak language is spoken by more than 6 million people worldwide Slovakia : about 5million the USA : about 1million the Czech Republic : about 350,000 Hungary : about 80,000 Canada: about 100,000 Serbia: about 60,000 Romania : about 18,000 + Austria, Ukraine, Croatia, Poland, South America

4. Slavic languages West Slavic languages : Polish, Czech, Slovak, Kashubian, Sorbian South Slavic languages : Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Slovenian, Montenegrin, Macedonian, Bulgarian East Slavic languages : Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Ruthenian

6. Words taken over from other languages Words taken over from the following languages : -Latin, Hungarian, German, Italian. Russian, Romanian, French, Czech, English Examples: Words from Hungarian : betyár- beťár, kocsi- koč, deres- dereš, sátor- šiator, áldomás- oldomáš, kolbász- klobása Words from English : jazz- džez, job- džob, leader- líder, team- tím, speaker- spíker, playback- plejbek, meeting- míting, fanclub- fanklub, disc jockey - disdžokej

7. International words The Slovak language is a so-called ‘open’ language – there are many international words used in Slovak a comparison of the three languages Hungarian Slovak English tinédzser tínedžer teenager menedzser manažér manager internet internet internet szörfözni surfovať surfing imidzs imidž image saláta šalát salad multikulturális multikultúrny multicultural hoki/jégkorong hokej hockey projekt projekt project szoftver softvér software

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9. Köszönjük a figyelmet ! Ďakujeme za pozornosť ! Thank you for your attention ! Kotora Andrea and Križan Kitti