Slovaks
West Slavic ethnic group
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Summary
Slovaks is an ethnic group[1]. Slovaks ranks in the top 7% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,724 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Native language: Slovak[3]
- Religion or worldview: Catholicism[4], Protestantism[5], Eastern Orthodoxy[6]
- Part of: West Slavs[7]
- Commons category: Slovaks[8]
- Country of origin: Slovakia[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Slovaks[10]
- Population: 6,200,000[11]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], The Encyclopedia Americana[17], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[19]
- Languages spoken, written or signed: Slovak[20], Hungarian[21], Romani[22], Rusyn[23], Ukrainian[24]
- Native label: Slováci[25]
- Different from: Slovenes[26], Czechoslovaks[27], Slovaks[28]
- Indigenous to: Slovakia[29], United States[30], Czech Republic[31]
- Studied by: Slovak studies[32]
- P14541: 18q4fg[33]
Why It Matters
Slovaks has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Slovaks is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]