16 Facts About Slovene language

Standard Slovene is the national standard language that was formed in the 18th and 19th century, based on Upper and Lower Carniolan dialect groups, more specifically on language of Ljubljana and its adjacent areas.

The Lower Carniolan dialect group was the dialect used in the 16th century by Primoz Trubar for his writings, while he used Slovene language as spoken in Ljubljana, since he lived in the city for more than 20 years.

Distinctive characteristics of Slovene are dual grammatical number, two accentual norms, and abundant inflection .

Slovene language has a T–V distinction: second-person plural forms are used for individuals as a sign of respect.

Slovene is an Indo-European language belonging to the Western subgroup of the South Slavic branch of the Slavic languages, together with Serbo-Croatian.

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The earliest known examples of a distinct, written dialect connected to Slovene language are from the Freising manuscripts, known in Slovene language as Brizinski spomeniki.

Freising manuscripts are a record of a proto-Slovene language that was spoken in a more scattered territory than modern Slovene language, which included most of the present-day Austrian states of Carinthia and Styria, as well as East Tyrol, the Val Pusteria in South Tyrol, and some areas of Upper and Lower Austria.

Between the 9th and 12th century, proto-Slovene language spread into northern Istria and in the areas around Trieste.

Standard Slovene language emerged in the second half of the 16th century, thanks to the works of Slovene language Lutheran authors, who were active during the Protestant Reformation.

Joza Mahnic, a literary historian and president of the publishing house Slovenska matica, said in February 2008 that Slovene is a language rich enough to express everything, including the most sophisticated and specialised texts.

In February 2010, Janez Dular, a prominent Slovene linguist, commented that, although Slovene is not an endangered language, its scope has been shrinking, especially in science and higher education.

The standard Slovene language is mainly used in public presentations or on formal occasions.

Slovene language has a phoneme set consisting of 21 consonants and 8 vowels.

Slovene language has an eight-vowel system, in comparison to the five-vowel system of Serbo-Croatian.

Slovene language nouns retain six of the seven Slavic noun cases: nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, locative and instrumental.

Foreign words used in Slovene language are of various types depending on the assimilation they have undergone.