Indo-European family
Slovak
c. 1000 CE – today Living
Slovak (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Slavic → Proto-West Slavic → Slovak.
See Slovak on the interactive map- Speakers
- 5M (5,000,000)
- ISO 639-3
- slk
- Glottocode
- slov1269
Emerged from the Czech–Slovak dialect continuum; the literary standard was codified by Bernolák (1787) and Štúr (1843).
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Slavicc. 200 BCE – 600 CE
- Proto-West Slavicc. 600 CE – 1000 CE
- Slovakc. 1000 CE – today
Sister languages 6
Also descended from Proto-West Slavic.