Slovakia

Slovak

[slk] 1 (National). Statutory national language (1992, Constitution, Article 6(1)). 5,115,000 in Slovakia, all users. L1 users: 4,770,000 in Slovakia (European Commission 2012). L2 users: 345,000 (European Commission 2012). Total users in all countries: 7,251,080 (as L1: 5,206,080; as L2: 2,045,000).

2 (Provincial)

Hungarian

[hun] 2 (Provincial). Statutory provincial language in southeast, south (1999, National Minority Language Use Act, Article 2). 509,000 in Slovakia (2013 UNSD).

4 (Educational)

English

[eng] 4 (Educational). 1,420,800 in Slovakia, all users. L1 users: 800 in Slovakia (2020 Joshua Project), based on ethnicity. L2 users: 1,420,000 (European Commission 2012).

5 (Dispersed)

Czech

[ces] 5* (Dispersed). 2,585,200 in Slovakia, all users. L1 users: 35,200 in Slovakia (2013 UNSD). L2 users: 2,550,000 (European Commission 2012).

French

[fra] 5* (Dispersed). 114,000 in Slovakia (Beck et al 2018), L2 users.

German, Standard

[deu] 5* (Dispersed). 1,205,190 in Slovakia, all users. L1 users: 5,190 in Slovakia (2013 UNSD). L2 users: 1,200,000 (2019).

Romani, Vlax

[rmy] 5* (Dispersed).

Ukrainian

[ukr] 5* (Dispersed). 5,690 in Slovakia (2013 UNSD).

5 (Developing)

Romani, Carpathian

[rmc] 5* (Developing). 123,000 in Slovakia (2013 UNSD). Total users in all countries: 157,110.

Slovakian Sign Language

[svk] 5 (Developing). Recognized language (1995, Law on the Sign Language of the Deaf 149). 15,000 (2021 EUD). About 0.3% of total population. Another estimate: 27,000 (2014 IMB).

6a (Vigorous)

Rusyn

[rue] 6a* (Vigorous). 55,500 in Slovakia (2013 UNSD).

6b (Threatened)

Chakavian

[ckm] 6b (Threatened). 3,000 in Slovakia (2021 K. Tyran).

Polish

[pol] 6b* (Threatened). 3,120 in Slovakia (2013 UNSD).

Unestablished

Russian

[rus] Unestablished. 1,300,000 in Slovakia (Arefyev 2012), all users. L1 users: 3,180 (2013 UNSD).

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