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LingoBear creates short Slovenian passages on topics you choose. Tap any word for an instant English translation and build your vocabulary as you read. South Slavic language, 25-letter Latin alphabet with č, š, ž, three numbers — singular, dual and plural (rare in Europe), seven cases, ~2.5M speakers.

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Why is Slovenian's dual number unusual?

Slovenian is one of very few modern Indo-European languages — together with Lower and Upper Sorbian and partly Lithuanian — that preserves the Proto-Indo-European dual number. Where most languages distinguish only singular and plural, Slovenian has separate forms for exactly two of something. So midva sva (the two of us are), vidva sta (the two of you are), tadva sta (those two are) — all distinct from plural mi smo, vi ste, oni so.

What grammar features does Slovenian have?

Slovenian has seven noun cases, three genders, three numbers (singular, dual, plural), and verbs in perfective/imperfective aspect pairs. The Latin alphabet (Bohorič reformed to today's 25 letters) has č, š, ž but no ć, đ. Pitch accent is contrastive in standard speech but variably observed. Around 50 distinct dialects across a small country are famous for their diversity.