Slovenia
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Albanian, Gheg
[aln] Users: 7,180 in Slovenia (2003 UNSD). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Albanian, Gheg.
Bosnian
[bos] Users: 31,500 in Slovenia (2003 UNSD). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (2000, Slovenian Ratification, ECRML). Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western.
Croatian
[hrv] Widespread. Users: 1,332,300 in Slovenia, all users. L1 users: 72,300 in Slovenia (2003 UNSD). L2 users: 1,260,000 (European Commission 2012). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (2000, Slovenian Ratification, ECRML). Alternate Names: Hrvatski, Serbo-Croatian. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western.
English
[eng] Users: 1,230,000 in Slovenia (European Commission 2012), L2 users. Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Angleščina. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
French
[fra] Users: 50,000 in Slovenia (Beck et al 2018), L2 users. Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French.
German, Standard
[deu] Users: 879,200 in Slovenia, all users. L1 users: 5,200 in Slovenia (2019 Eurostat). L2 users: 874,000 (2019). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (2000, Slovenian Ratification, ECRML). Alternate Names: Deutsch. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German.
Hungarian
[hun] Hungary border area. Users: 8,700 in Slovenia (Laakso et al 2013). Status: 2 (Provincial). Recognized language (1991, Constitution, Article 64). Alternate Names: Madžarski, Magyar. Classification: Uralic.
Italian
[ita] Izola and Piran municipalities. Users: 3,760 in Slovenia (2003 UNSD). Status: 2 (Provincial). Recognized language (1991, Constitution, Article 64). Alternate Names: Italiano, Italijanski. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Italo-Dalmatian.
Macedonian
[mkd] Users: 4,760 in Slovenia (2003 UNSD). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Eastern.
Romani, Carpathian
[rmc] Maribor, Murska Sobota, and Novo Mesto municipalities. Users: 3,830 in Slovenia (2003 UNSD). Status: 5* (Developing). Recognized language (1991, Constitution, Article 65). Alternate Names: Romanes. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Romani, Northern.
Russian
[rus] Users: 30,000 in Slovenia (Arefyev 2012), all users. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, East.
Serbian
[srp] Users: 49,500 in Slovenia (2003 UNSD). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (2000, Slovenian Ratification, ECRML). Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western.
Slovene
[slv] Widespread. Users: 1,995,000 in Slovenia, all users. L1 users: 1,920,000 in Slovenia (European Commission 2012). L2 users: 75,000 (European Commission 2012). Total users in all countries: 2,229,450 (as L1: 2,045,450; as L2: 184,000). Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1991, Constitution, Article 11). Alternate Names: Slovenian. Autonym: Slovenski jezik, Slovenščina. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western.
Slovenian Sign Language
[ysl] Scattered. Users: 1,000 in Slovenia (2014 Association of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Slovenia). About 0.05% of total population. Other estimates: 863 (2021 EUD); 2,500–3,000 (2004 M. Debecv et al). Total users in all countries: 25,000. Status: 5 (Developing). Recognized language (2002, Law 96/02, Law on the Use of Slovenian Sign Language, ZUSZJ). Alternate Names: SZJ, Slovene Sign Language, Slovenski Znakovni Jezik, YSL, Yugoslav Sign Language, Yugoslavian Sign Language. Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
Venetian
[vec] Izola, Koper, and Piran. Users: Status: 8a (Moribund). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Italian.