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Slovene
Etymology
From slovénski + -ina.
Pronunciation
Noun
slovẹ́nščina f
- Slovene, Slovenian (language)
Slovenščina je južnoslovanski jezik z okoli 2,2 milijonoma govorcev po svetu, od katerih jih večina živi v Sloveniji.- Slovenian is a South-Slavic language with around 2.2 million speakers in the world, of which the majority lives in Slovenia.
Usage notes
The noun form is generally used only as the subject of a sentence. In the predicate, the adverbial form slovénsko is used.
Inflection
Further reading
- “slovenščina”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025