Some facts about Slovenian

THE SLOVENIAN LANGUAGE is a language of Slovenia.
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.
Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, South, Western.
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
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.

Hungary
Population: 4,205 in Hungary (1970).
Alternate names: SLOVENE
Dialects: PREKMURSKI.
Comments: Bible 1584-1996.

Italy
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.

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