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How to recognize Slovak
Slovak is one of 35 languages in Grafle's Latin group. Here's what it looks like, where you'll see it on signs, and how to tell it apart from its lookalikes.
Spot it fast
- Like Czech but with ľ and the circumflex ô (plus ä, ĺ) — and never Czech's ř or ů.
What Slovak looks like
Všetci ľudia sa rodia slobodní a rovní v dôstojnosti a právach.
Dobrý deň, veľmi ma teší!
Aj kôň má štyri nohy, a predsa sa potkne.
Latin scripts: The alphabet you're reading now. Each language gives itself away by its own special letters and accent marks.
Where you'll see it on signs
- Slovakia
Easy to confuse with
- Czech — Slovak's own letters are ľ and ô; Czech's are ř, ě and ů. The ř is uniquely Czech.
- Polish — Polish: ł, ą, ę and sz/cz clusters. Slovak: háčeks plus ľ and ô.
- Croatian — Croatian has ć/đ; Slovak has ľ and ô. Both use č/š/ž.