Editing Slovak language (section)

==Geographic distribution and status==

Slovak language is primarily spoken in Slovakia. The country's constitution declared it the official language of the state (štátny jazyk):
{{Blockquote|(1) Na území Slovenskej republiky je štátnym jazykom slovenský jazyk.
(2) Používanie iných jazykov než štátneho jazyka v úradnom styku ustanoví zákon.}}

{{Blockquote|(1) The Slovak language is the official language on the territory of the Slovak Republic.
(2) The use of languages other than the official language in official communication shall be laid down by law.}}

[[Constitution of Slovakia]], Article 6.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.prezident.sk/upload-files/46422.pdf | title=Constitution of the Slovak Republic | website=www.prezident.sk}}</ref>

Beside that, national minorities and ethnic groups also have explicit permission to use their distinct languages.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Constitution of the slovak republic | url=https://www.prezident.sk/upload-files/46422.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927134402/https://www.prezident.sk/upload-files/46422.pdf | archive-date=2015-09-27}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web | url=https://eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-education-systems/slovakia/overview | title=Overview }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.narodnostnemensiny.vlada.gov.sk/site/assets/files/3562/sprava_o_stave_pouzivania_jazykov_narodnostnych_mensin_na_uzemi_slovenskej_republiky_za_obdobie_rokov_2015_-_2016_e.pdf?csrt=10256904479415764857 | title=Report on the use of national minority languages in the territory of the Slovak Republic for the period 2015-2016 | website=www.narodnostnemensiny.vlada.gov.sk}}</ref> Slovakia is a country with established [[Language policy]] concerning its [[official language]].<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web| title=Act of the national council of the Slovak Republic on the State Language of the Slovak Republic | url=https://www.culture.gov.sk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/zakon_o_sj_v_anj.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127182430/https://www.culture.gov.sk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/zakon_o_sj_v_anj.pdf | archive-date=2021-11-27}}</ref>

===Regulation===
Standard Slovak ({{lang|sk|spisovná slovenčina}}) is defined by an Act of Parliament on the State Language of the Slovak Republic (language law). According to this law, the Ministry of Culture approves and publishes the codified form of Slovak based on the judgment of specialised Slovak linguistic institutes and specialists in the area of the state language. This is traditionally the [[Ľudovít Štúr Institute of Linguistics]], which is part of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. In practice, the Ministry of Culture publishes a document that specifies authoritative reference books for standard Slovak usage, which is called the codification handbook ({{lang|sk|[[:sk:Kodifikačná príručka|kodifikačná príručka]]}}). The current regulations were published on 15 March 2021. There are four such publications:<ref>{{cite web |title=MK-3620/2021-110/6659 |url=https://www.culture.gov.sk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/kodifikovana-podoba-vyhlasenie-2021_.pdf |website=Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic |access-date=5 August 2021 |language=Slovak |date=15 March 2021}}</ref>
* '{{lang|sk|Pravidlá slovenského pravopisu}}', 2013; (orthographic rules)
* '{{lang|sk|Krátky slovník slovenského jazyka}}', 2020; (dictionary)
* '{{lang|sk|Pravidlá slovenskej výslovnosti}}', 2009; (pronunciation)
* '{{lang|sk|Morfológia slovenského jazyka}}', 1966; (morphology)

Slovak speakers are also found in the [[Slovak diaspora]] in the [[United States]], the [[Czech Republic]], [[Argentina]], [[Serbia]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], [[Romania]], [[Poland]], [[Canada]], [[Hungary]], [[Germany]], [[Croatia]], [[Israel]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[Australia]], [[Austria]], [[Ukraine]], [[Norway]], and other countries to a lesser extent.

Slovak language is one of the official languages of [[Autonomous Province of Vojvodina]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Statute Of The Autonomous Province Of Vojvodina - Skupština Autonomne Pokrajine Vojvodine |url=https://www.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs/Strana.aspx?s=statut&j=EN |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=www.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs}}</ref>

[[File:Vojvodina slovak map.png|thumb|upright=1.15|Official usage of Slovak in Vojvodina, Serbia]]

===Slovak language high schools abroad===

*[[Budapest]], 'Szlovák Tanítási Nyelvű Óvoda, Általános Iskola, Gimnázium és Kollégium'<ref>{{Cite web | title=szlovak-bp.sulinet.hu | url=https://szlovak-bp.edu.hu/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319185801/https://szlovak-bp.edu.hu/ | access-date=2024-12-26 | archive-date=2022-03-19}}</ref>
*[[Békéscsaba]], 'Szlovák Gimnázium, Általános Iskola, Óvoda és Kollégium'<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://szlovak-bcs.edu.hu/|title=Szlovák Iskola - Kezdőlap|website=szlovak-bcs.edu.hu}}</ref> 
*[[Bački Petrovac]], '[[Ján Kollár Gymnasium and Students' Home]]'<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jankollar.org/sr/ | title=Gymnázium Jána Kollára so žiackym domovom v Báčskom Petrovci | date=26 January 2024 }}</ref>
*[[Kovačica]], 'Gimnazija Mihailo Pupin' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://gymko.edu.rs/o-gimnaziji/ | title=O Gimnaziji – Gimnazija "Mihajlo Pupin" Kovačica }}</ref>
*[[Nădlac]], 'Liceul Teoretic Jozef Gregor Tajovský'<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tajovskynadlac.ro/|title=LICEUL TEORETIC "JOZEF GREGOR TAJOVSKÝ" NĂDLAC|website=tajovskynadlac.ro}}</ref>