Slovak in Slovakia

Speakers

4,240,700

Type

Location

Slovak in Slovakia

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Slovak in Slovakia

Size

4,240,700

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
No

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

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Video

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Audio

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Documentation: descriptions

Standardization

  • Modern standard language
  • Young standard language
  • Standardised language
  • Quasi-standard language
  • Semi-standardised language
  • Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

  • Standardised writing system with full script encoding
  • Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
  • Consistent writing system with no script encoding
  • Unsystematic writing system(s)
  • Limited written use
  • No written use

4. Users

Geographical distribution

  • Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
  • Users live in one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
  • Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

  • Rural
  • Urban

Size / Number of users

Number of users

4240700
Source
census
Year
2011

Users within total population

78.00000
More than 50% use the language

PROPORTION

78
Source
census, 2011

Users within the reference community

More than 50% use the language
Actual percentage
80
Source
census, 2011

Age distribution of users

3,118,189
74
percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)
Source

census, 2011

Age distribution of users

622,308
15
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)
Source

census, 2011

Age distribution of users

500,203
12
percentage of members of older generations (> 65)
Source

census, 2011

Generational use

All generations

Educational attainment

No education
Source

census, 2011

Early childhood education
Source

census, 2011

38
62
591,283
Primary education
Source

census, 2011

61
39
582,098
Lower secondary education
Source

census, 2011

45
55
698,735
Tertiary education
Source

census, 2011

Occupational qualifications

48
52
1,288,649
Elementary occupations
Source

census, 2011

65
35
403,209
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
Source

census, 2011

71
29
426,796
Craft and related trades workers
Source

census, 2011

51
49
44,856
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
Source

census, 2011

35
65
455,471
Services and sales workers
Source

census, 2011

29
71
318,583
Clerical support workers
Source

census, 2011

44
56
450,644
Technicians and associate professionals
Source

census, 2011

40
60
365,932
Professionals
Source

census, 2011

60
40
153,850
Managers
Source

census, 2011

Language competence

Language not used
Understand little, speak/sign none
Understand some, speak/sign little
Understand well, speak/sign some
Understand all, speak/sign well
Understand all, speak/sign fluently

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains

Functional use in administration

Types of language use

Ethnoculture

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Primary level
Lower secondary level
Higher secondary level
Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

Legal system

Completion