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SlovenianLanguage
The SlovenianLanguage is a SouthwesternSlavicLanguage of Slovenia. SIL code: SLV. ISO 639-1: sl. ISO 639-2: slv. Population: 1,727,360 in Slovenia (1991 census). Population total all countries: 2,000,000 (1999 WA). Region: Carniola and southern parts of Styria and Carinthia, Lower Carniola in Dolenjsko, Upper Carniola in Gorenjska, Primorski in West Slovenia, Stajerski in Styria. Also spoken in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, USA, Yugoslavia. Alternate names: SLOVENSCINA, SLOVENE. Dialects: LOWER CARNIOLA, UPPER CARNIOLA, STAJERSKI, PRIMORSKI. Comments: The literary dialect is between the two main dialects, based on Dolenjsko. Dialects: are diverse. National language. Grammar. SVO. Radio programs. Bible 1584-1996. Also spoken in: Austria. (Language name: SLOVENIAN.) Population: 20,000 to 40,000 in Austria (1993 T. Priestly), including at least several thousand Windisch speakers (1995). Alternate names: SLOVENE. Dialects: WINDISCH. Comments: Separated by the Karawanken Mts. from the larger group of Slovenes in Slovenia. They and their speech are called 'Windisch', an archaic form of Slovene, heavily influenced by German. The dialects of Slovene, generally, tend to differ from one another very much. No one has made any kind of a measured dialect analysis, so it is not possible at this time (1995) to say how different any of the dialects are from the standard (T. Priestly, U. of Alberta, personal communication 1995). Some speakers speak Standard Slovene well, some use it only in church. Some of the ethnic group are able to speak the dialects, some are losing their command of them. Many speakers go to church, where they hear Standard Slovene. Speakers are bilingual or trilingual in the Slovenian dialect (Windisch), a German regional variety (Karntnerisch or Steierisch), or Standard German. Most speakers educated since 1945 speak Standard German reasonably well. Most do not consider themselves to be Slovenians, but Carinthians, belonging to the German culture. Investigation needed: intelligibility with Standard Slovenian. Official language. Bible 1584-1996. Also spoken in: Hungary. (Language name: SLOVENIAN.) Population: 4,205 in Hungary (1970). Alternate names: SLOVENE. Dialects: PREKMURSKI. Comments: Bible 1584-1996. Also spoken in: Italy. (Language name: SLOVENIAN.) Population: 100,000 in Italy (N. Vincent in B. Comrie 1987). Alternate names: SLOVENE. Dialects: PRIMORSKI, CIVIDALE, RESIA. Comments: Some dialects are very diverse. The Slovene have their own schools. Bible 1584-1996.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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InstancesContentBearingPhysicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 EntityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 HumanLanguageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 IndoEuropeanLanguageThere are 433 languages categorized as an IndoEuropeanLanguage, forming a major family of the world's languages and including many of the most familiar languages of Europe and South Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 LanguageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 LanguageFamilyA LanguageFamily is group of SpokenHumanLanguages related through descent from a common ancestral language. (reference from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_family)
 LinguisticExpressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 NaturalLanguageThe subclass of HumanLanguages which are not designed and which evolve from generation to generation. This Class includes all of the national languages, e.g. English, Spanish, Japanese, etc. Note that this class includes dialects of natural languages.
 PhysicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 SlavicLanguageA SlavicLanguage is any of 18 closely related IndoEuropeanLanguages spoken in central and eastern Europe.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 SouthSlavicLanguageOf the 18 SlavicLanguages, six are classified as a SouthSlavicLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 SouthwesternSlavicLanguageOf the six SouthSlavicLanguages, three are classified as a SouthwesternSlavicLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
Belongs to Class IndoEuropeanLanguage


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