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Slovaks

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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
794 (2021); 800 (estimate)
Ethnic group.pop9
20,581 (2021); 25,000 (estimate)
Ethnic group.pop10
17,200
Ethnic group.pop11
17,000 (estimated total in Scandinavian countries)
Ethnic group.pop12
12,350 (2021); 15,000(estimate)
Ethnic group.pop13
10,801; 15,000 (estimate)
Ethnic group.pop14
10,300 (2021 census) 13,000 (estimate)

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Slovaks” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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