Slovak Language
Slovak ( (listen)) or alternatively Slovakian, is a West Slavic language of the Czech–Slovak group. Spoken by approximately 5 million people as a native language, primarily ethnic Slovaks, it serves as the official language of Slovakia and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. Slovak is closely related to Czech, to the point of mutual intelligibility to a very high degree, as well as Polish. Like other Slavic languages, Slovak is a fusional language with a complex system of morphology and relatively flexible word order. Its vocabulary has been extensively influenced by Latin and German and other …
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UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 24 August 2018 English
During the Cold War, more than 36,000 individuals entering Canada claimed Czechoslovakia as their country of citizenship. A defining characteristic of this migration of predominantly political refugees was the prevalence …
parishes where mass was delivered in the Slovak language. With an increase in Slovak immigra- tion after … Slovak culture and history and could learn the Slovak language. Catholic Slovaks often enrolled their children … established in 1934 and published primarily in the Slovak language before ceasing its activities just prior to … national identity. In 1934, a predomi- nantly Slovak-language weekly newspaper entitled Nová vlasť was revived …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 13 May 1997 English
Starting with the Great Moravian period, Peter Petro surveys one thousand years of Slovak literature. He examines the medieval, Renaissance, baroque, classical, romantic, realist, and modern periods and highlights the …
century. This does not mean that until the Slovak language was officially codified, in 1843, nobody actually … in 1843, and it is the basis of the modern Slovak language, with minor ortho- graphic and grammatical … mission of saints Cyril and Methodius on the Slovak language itself. At the same time, it is hardly contentious … undermined the chances for sur- vival of the Slovak language. i Medieval Literature (800-1467) Christianity … descriptions of witch-burning. The defence of the Slovak language, the nation, and Slavdom be- came more outspoken …
