Slovene language

For Slovak language, see Slovenčina.

Slovene (or Slovenian) is a language. It is the official language of Slovenia.

Slovenian
Slovene
slovenski jezik, slovenščina
Pronunciation	[sloˈʋenski ˈjɛzik], [sloˈʋenʃtʃina]
Native to	Slovenia, Italy (in Friuli-Venezia Giulia), Austria (in Carinthia and Styria), Hungary (in Vas); emigrant communities in various countries
Native speakers	2.5 million[1] (2010)
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic South Slavic Western South Slavic Slovenian
Dialects	Prekmurje dialect Resian approx. 32 unstandardised dialects
Writing system	Latin (Slovene alphabet) Slovene Braille
Official status
Official language in	Slovenia  European Union Regional or local official language in
Recognised minority language in	Austria  Italy  Hungary
Regulated by	Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Language codes
ISO 639-1	sl
ISO 639-2	slv
ISO 639-3	slv
Linguasphere	53-AAA-f (51 varieties)
Slovene-speaking areas
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Experts estimate that 2.5 million people can understand and speak Slovene.^[2] It is a Slavic language, written for more than 1000 years.^[3] The earliest written records are the Freising manuscripts.^[4]

In 2004, it became an official language of the European Union (there are 24 official languages in total).^[5] The standard Slovene alphabet has 25 letters.^[6] The letters come from the Latin alphabet. Slovene words are usually pronounced how they are spelled.^[7]

Examples :

• Nìč ^[8] is the word for zero.
• Ena is the word for one.