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Slovaks
Also known as Slovak people, Slovakians
The Slovaks ( (historical Sloveni ), singular: Slovák (historical: Sloven ), feminine: Slovenka , plural: Slovenky ) are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak the Slovak language.
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Slovaks are a West Slavic ethnic group native to Slovakia who share a common language, culture, and history. They matter as a distinct European nation with their own cultural identity and the Slovak language as a unifying element.
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Slovaks Slováci
- Ethnic group.image
- Map of the Slovak Diaspora in the World.svg
- Ethnic group.pop
- 6–7 million
- Ethnic group.popplace
- Slovakia 4,752,547
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 416,047 (2022); 1,850,000 (1990 census)
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 162,578 (2021 census); 200,000–400,000 (estimates)
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 68,210; (including 14,910 first generation immigrants); 100,000 (estimate)
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 64,745; 80,000 (estimate)
- Ethnic group.pop5
- 63,621 (2020); 65,000 (estimate)
- Ethnic group.pop6
- 58,000; 135,000 (estimate)
- Ethnic group.pop7
- 41,730 (2021); 40,000 (estimate)
- Ethnic group.pop8
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16 sectionsContents
- Name
- Ethnogenesis
- History
- Slavs of the Pannonian Basin
- Great Moravia
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Czechoslovakia
- Culture
- Maps
- Statistics
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
The Slovaks ( (historical Sloveni ), singular: Slovák (historical: Sloven ), feminine: Slovenka , plural: Slovenky ) are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak the Slovak language.
In Slovakia, 4.7 million are ethnic Slovaks of 5.4 million total population. There are Slovak minorities in many neighboring countries including Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine and sizeable populations of immigrants and their descendants in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States among others, which are collectively referred to as the Slovak diaspora.