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  Slovenian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Slovenian is the westernmost language of the Western subgroup of the South Slavic branch of Slavic languages.
Slovenians are said to be 'a nation of poets' due to their language.
This alphabet (abeceda) was derived in the mid 1840s from an arrangement of the Croatian national reviver and leader Ljudevit Gaj (1809–1872) for Croatians (alphabet called gajica or Croatian gajica, patterned on the Czech pattern of the 1830s).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Slovenian_language   (1879 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Slovenian alphabet
The Slovenian alphabet is an extension of the Latin alphabet and is used in the Slovene language.
This alphabet (abeceda) was derived in the mid-1840s from an arrangement of the Croatian national reviver and leader Ljudevit Gaj that would become the Croatian alphabet, and was in turn patterned on the Czech alphabet.
An alphabet is a complete standardized set of letters — basic written symbols — each of which roughly represents a phoneme of a spoken language, either as it exists now or as it may have been in the past.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Slovenian-alphabet   (3711 words)

  
 Slovenian language - Wikipedia
Slovenian, or Slovene (which is rapidly becoming an archaic form) language (= slovenski) jezik (Slovenian (slovenščina)) is the westernmost language in the South Slav branch of the Slavic languages group.
This alphabet (abeceda) was derived in the mid 1840s from an arrangement of Croatian national regenerator and leader Ljudevit Gaj[?] (1809-1872) for Croatians (alphabet called gajica or Croatian gajica, patterned on the Czech pattern of the 1830s).
Slovenians gained a national consciousness at the beginning of the 17th century and especially in the 19th century.
wikipedia.findthelinks.com /sl/Slovene_language.html   (1862 words)

  
 Slovenian
Slovenian is the official language of the Republic of Slovenia.
Slovenian is a richly inflected language with a grammar that is similar to that of other Slavic languages.
Slovenian is considered to be a Category II language in terms of difficulty for speakers of English.
www.nvtc.gov /lotw/months/december/Slovenian.html   (739 words)

  
 Slovenian language, alphabet and pronunciation
Slovenian is a Southern Slavic language spoken by about 2 million people in Slovenia and also in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, USA.
The first Slovenian translation of the bible was published in 1584.
In 1811, Slovenian was adopted as the language of education, administration and the media and later became the official language of Slovenia.
www.omniglot.com /writing/slovene.htm   (205 words)

  
 Eurozine - Articles
When the Slovenian national movement sought independence from the Austrian (later Austro-Hungarian) empire in the 19th century, "Slovenia-ness" was essentially understood by Slovenians in terms of their Slavic (and not Germanic) origins, which should allow them living with other "brotherly" Slavic nations (which actually happened after 1918 in Yugoslavia).
When Slovenian nationalism was revived in the late 1960s and 1970s, the supposedly eternal essence of Slovenia-ness was newly constructed, to a significant through various symbolic gestures, which were employed to emphasize the difference between Slovenians and other nations comprising socialist Yugoslavia.
Slovenians, suspected that a substantial immigration from other federal republics threatened their cultural uniqueness in Yugoslavia, and in response they produced a new nationalism, one essentially based on pronouncing the differences between themselves and the "Southerners" (as the immigrants were also called
www.eurozine.com /article/2003-03-12-stankovic-en.html   (5315 words)

  
 Learn Slovenian Language - Free Conversational Slovenian Lessons Online - Common Slovenian Words and Phrases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The key is to immerse yourself in the language and use it as often as possible in order to build up your skills of speaking it and listening to it, understanding and comprehending it...
The Phrasebase website is the ultimate environment allowing you to read an Slovenian Alphabet based phonetic spelling of common and useful everyday phrases in effort to memorize it and it's meaning.
Slovenian Language Exchange Pen-Pals - Community of people from around the world interested in teaching you their language and sharing their culture with you.
www.phrasebase.com /learn/slovenian.php   (1872 words)

  
 Irish Democrat : Anonn Is Anall (Peter Berresford Ellis) : A lesson in language revival
The earliest piece of Slovenian writing is found in the Freisingen manuscript of AD 1000, which is a short confessional prayer and a religious homily.
In the 17th century there was a counter reformation and the unfortunate outcome of this was the destruction of most of the Slovenian literature inspired from the Protestant intellectuals with, thankfully, the exception of the Slovenian Bible whose grammar and orthography served as the model for future Slovenian writers.
A move was to create a unified alphabet but thanks to the foresight of France Preseren, the Slovenians rejected the amalgam of Serbo-Croat and the Cyrillic alphabet, sticking to their own language and the Latin alphabet.
www.irishdemocrat.co.uk /anonn-is-anall/slovenian-language-revival   (1967 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Slovenian language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Slovenian, or Slovene, language (= slovenski) jezik (Slovenian (slovenščina)) is the westernmost language in the South Slav branch of the Slavic languages group.
This alphabet (abeceda) was derived in the mid 1840s from an arrangement of Croatian national regenerator and leader Ljudevit Gaj (1809 - 1872) for Croatians (alphabet called gajica or Croatian gajica, patterned on the Czech pattern of the 1830s).
In the Slovenian language, the future tense is made by the verb to be in the future tense plus the past ('l') participle of the full lexical verb.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Slovenian_language   (2195 words)

  
 BikeAbout Trip Log: April 28-29, 1998
In what is today known as the "alphabet war," he was the primary advocate for literary "Pan-Slavism," by which he believed that all Slavic people should be united in the use of one alphabet.
Slovenians even got their early name from their geography, since they were known as the Alpine Slavs.
Unfortunately, as the Frankish (German) Empire moved in, the Slovenian independent government - and the land that belonged to it - was co-opted.
www.bikeabout.org /journal/notes_125.htm   (3452 words)

  
 MERCATOR :: Butlleti 61: Act on Public Usage of Slovenian Language 2004 (English version)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Republic of Slovenia shall ensure the status of Slovenian by an active language policy that includes the care to provide a legal basis for its usage, care for constant scientific and research monitoring of the living language, the care to enhance language possibilities, and the care for the development and culture of the language.
The proficiency level of Slovenian shall be proved by a certificate of an adequate Slovenian public or private school or by a special certified statement by an authorised education institution on a passed Slovenian proficiency test.
In the procedure for acquiring the citizenship of the Republic of Slovenia, the proficiency of Slovenian shall be evaluated in a manner stipulated by the sector-specific law.
www.ciemen.org /mercator/butlletins/61-04.htm   (3175 words)

  
 Browse BookRags
Estonian In Estonian, Õ is the 27th letter of the alphabet (between W and Ä), representing the clo...
The origin of the letter is a ligature for a diphthong spelled" oe" (the horizontal line of the "e" being written across the "o") th...
It was used in the Zhuang alphabet from 1957 to 198...
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 BBK - Currency - Euro-Coins - San Marino
The Slovenian 1 cent coin features a stork, the most familiar bird in the north-eastern part of Slovenia.
The Prince’s Stone, the historic symbol of the Duke of Carinthia, is shown on the 2 cent coin.
The €1 coin shows Primož Trubar, the protestant reformer, founder of the first Slovenian alphabet and author of the first book printed in Slovenian (1550).
www.bundesbank.de /bargeld/bargeld_muenzen_slowenien.en.php   (156 words)

  
 Slovene language - Gurupedia
Slovenian grammar is reputedly extremely complex and the large number of named Slovenian dialects compared to the number of speakers indicates a large amount of variation in the language.
A possible distinction, however, might be made between "Slovene", as referring to the ethnic group and its language, and "Slovenian", as referring to the Republic of Slovenia and its citizens.
In the old alphabet used by most distinguished writers, "bohoričica", developed by Adam Bohorič, the characters č, š and ž would be spelt as zh, ∫h and sh respectively, whereas c, s and z would be spelt as z, ∫; and s.
www.gurupedia.com /s/sl/slovenian_language.htm   (2895 words)

  
 Publications
This book is devoted to the oldest preserved Slovenian and, at the same time, Slavonic text in the Latin alphabet, a landmark denoting the beginning of Slovenian literary and cultural history.
The correspondence represents a significant source for literary and cultural history, particularly for issues relating to the Slovenian Protestant church and schools; owing to close links between the Slovenian and German reformations, it is also relevant to the study of 16th century European history.
The anthology covers numerous subject areas in Slovenian literature and literary theory; the most prominent are interpretation, text and verse analysis, the periodisation of literary and cultural history, individual variants of literary genres, and reflections on the fundamental premises of literary science.
www.zrc-sazu.si /lit/publications.htm   (960 words)

  
 Alphabet Beads Web Resources and Information Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
An alphabet is a complete standardized set of letters — basic written symbols — each of which...
The Alphabet of Art was developed by the late Robert J. McKnight, a sculptor, designer,...
The Alphabet Synthesis Machine is an exploration of the liminal territory between familiarity and chaos.
www.click-a-search.com /alphabet/alphabet-beads.html   (272 words)

  
 The Country and Its People
Between 250,000 and 400,000 Slovenes (depending on whether second and subsequent generations are counted) live outside the country, in other continents and in EU countries.
Slovenian food is a feast for the gourmet.
This very old page about the Slovenian alphabet gives you a fairly complete idea about a few specific characters we use.
www.matkurja.com /en/country-info/country-people   (980 words)

  
 Globtour Bled - Slovenia Info
Please note that Slovenian currency is not acceptable in most countries and it is wise to convert it before you leave the country.
Slovenian bread is excellent and a real treat is “mottled bread” in which three types of dough (buckwheat, wheat and corn) are combined into a roll and baked.
In the variety of Slovenia’s fifteen health spas, you will become familiar with all the diversity of Slovenian landscapes, their cuisine and not forgetting their natural and cultural character.
www.globtour-bled.com /en/en-slovenia.html   (2803 words)

  
 The world's top slovene language websites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The earliest known examples of written Slovenian dialect are from the Freising manuscripts (called Brižinski spomeniki in Slovene), which have been dated to between 972 and 1093, and most likely before 1000.
However, when Slovenia gained independence in 1991, Slovene was made the official language and the language seems to be in a healthy position, especially since Slovenia has been accepted for membership in the European Union.
There are at least 32 main dialects (narečje) (dI) and speeches (govor) (sP) of spoken Slovenian, which is a reasonably large number for any language; when considering the amount of speakers, however, this makes Slovene one of the most diverse languages in the world.
www.websbiggest.com /wiki-article-tab.cfm/slovene_language   (2883 words)

  
 Slovenia and the Origin of Slavs - Little of Slavic & Slovenian History
Several politically significant acts by official and unofficial Slovenian groups posed a clear threat that the republic's substantial industrial, financial, and agricultural resources might be withdrawn from the federation.
Among amendments added to the Slovenian constitution in late 1989 were provisions limiting the emergency intervention power of the Yugoslav government in Slovenia, and affirming Slovenia's right to secede from the federation if "national self-determination" were not guaranteed in the next round of constitutional changes.
Slovenian party officials condemned Serbian oppression in Kosovo and the Serbian demand for a one man-one vote national decision--making system, which would allow Serbia to dominate because of its large population.
slavs.freeservers.com /Slovenia.html   (1474 words)

  
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Fourthly, the process of Slovenian national emancipation was relatively pea ceful and did not lead to large-scale or open conflicts within Slovenian society.
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As in any contemporary culture, in Slovenian too, very different and contradictory currents co-exist: they range from multi-culturally oriented, open, tolerant, and inclusive on one side, to mono-culturally oriented, self-sufficient, exclusive, and reserved towards the novelties, on the other.
www.ces.uj.edu.pl /velikonja/exhome.rtf   (2974 words)

  
 Artservis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Slovenian for travelers is a multi-platform, multimedia project, dedicated to the use of new technologies for preservation of cultural and linguistic variety of our world.
Coordination of Slovenian partners is done by the Database Technology Laboratory at the Faculty for Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor, providing on the Valeutech site the results of the research project in a form of most useful information for all the parties involved.
The VALEURTECH project, dedicated to bringing information relevant for the life of the society as well as for the life of the scientists to scientists and to the general public alike, is a strong contribution to bridging the divide between science and society, between life in the laboratory and everyday life.
www.artservis.org /english/obvestilo.asp?st=36   (2411 words)

  
 Triune-Being Research Organization. Alternative Kirlian Photography, Numerology,Nutrition
Spanish words that contain the letter ñ are now alphabetized accordingly with words that do not contain the tilde over the n.
For example, the Spanish system of alphabetizing used to place the word andar before an añadir because the ñ would fall in after all words containing n.
According to the new system, añadir is placed before andar because alphabetizing is now done letter by letter.
www.triune-being.com /?Info/Numerology/KeyCharts   (607 words)

  
 Slovenian alphabet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The writing itself in its pure form does not use any other signs, except, for instance, additional accentual marks, when it is necessary to distinguish between similar words with a different meaning.
In the old alphabet used by most distinguished writers, "bohoričica", developed by Adam Bohorič, the characters č, š and ž would be spelt as zh, ∫h and sh respectively, whereas c, s and z would be spelt as z, ∫ and s.
Many well known global places have their own special names.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Slovenian_alphabet   (850 words)

  
 Slovenian Webclassroom. Slovenia
Contributions of some Slovenians are given in www.uvi.si/10years/contribution/.
It is regarded as significant in the development of Western democracy, and referred to in the writings of Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence.
The Slovenian language and culture of the people thrived during the Middle Ages.
www.thezaurus.com /slovenianlinx/webclasslovenia.htm   (696 words)

  
 Slovenian Language
Slovenian Speakers: In Slovenia, Italy, the United States, Austria, Australia, Hungary, Canada, and Argentina.
Slovenian Orthography: Five vowels (with different values as in English) and 34 consonants.
Slovenian Standardization Efforts: Modern language period started with the publication of normative grammar in 1809.
www.online-languagetranslators.com /slovenian_language.htm   (183 words)

  
 SLOVENE LANGUAGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In the old alphabet used by most distinguished writers, "bohoričica", developed by Adam Bohorič, the characters č, š and ž would be spelt as zh, ∫h and sh respectively, whereas c, s and z would be spelt as z, ∫ and s.
Hence, a typical English sentence, such as he was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society (izvoljen je bil za člana Kraljeve družbe), would more likely be seen in Slovenian in the form they elected him a fellow of the Royal Society (izvolili so ga za člana Kraljeve družbe).
This is usually the main error in style when translating English text to Slovenian and vice versa, for while uncommon, the passive is a valid form in Slovenian.
www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/SLOVENE+LANGUAGE   (2102 words)

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