Standard German in Slovakia

Speakers

5,186

Type

Location

Standard German in Slovakia

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Standard German in Slovakia

Size

5,186

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
No

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

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Video

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Audio

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Documentation: descriptions

Standardization

  • Modern standard language
  • Young standard language
  • Standardised language
  • Quasi-standard language
  • Semi-standardised language
  • Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

  • Standardised writing system with full script encoding
  • Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
  • Consistent writing system with no script encoding
  • Unsystematic writing system(s)
  • Limited written use
  • No written use

4. Users

Geographical distribution

  • Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
  • Users live in one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
  • Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

  • Rural
  • Urban
Administrative units of the country
there is only a few villages or towns with proportion of speakers over ten percentage and their locations is in Košice region, Prešov region, Banska Bystrica region, Žilina region and

Size / Number of users

Number of users

5186
Source
census
Year
2011

Users within total population

0.00000
Less than 1% use the language

PROPORTION

0
Source
census, 2011

Users within the reference community

Less than 1% use the language
Actual percentage
0
Source
census, 2011

Age distribution of users

2,413
46
percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)
Source

census, 2011

Age distribution of users

573
11
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)
Source

census, 2011

Age distribution of users

2,211
43
percentage of members of older generations (> 65)
Source

census, 2011

Generational use

All generations

Educational attainment

No education
Source

census, 2011

Early childhood education
Source

census, 2011

21
79
779
Primary education
Source

census, 2011

63
38
624
Lower secondary education
Source

census, 2011

48
52
1,893
Higher secondary education
Source

census, 2011

58
42
1,259
Tertiary education
Source

census, 2011

Occupational qualifications

44
56
1,126
Elementary occupations
Source

census, 2011

65
35
320
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
Source

census, 2011

70
30
482
Craft and related trades workers
Source

census, 2011

57
43
65
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
Source

census, 2011

33
67
472
Services and sales workers
Source

census, 2011

23
77
517
Clerical support workers
Source

census, 2011

51
49
668
Technicians and associate professionals
Source

census, 2011

45
55
715
Professionals
Source

census, 2011

75
25
370
Managers
Source

census, 2011

Language competence

Language not used
Understand little, speak/sign none
Understand some, speak/sign little
Understand well, speak/sign some
Understand all, speak/sign well
Understand all, speak/sign fluently

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains

Functional use in administration

Types of language use

Ethnoculture

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Primary level
Lower secondary level
Higher secondary level
Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

Legal system

Completion