Slovaks
West Slavic ethnic group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Slovaks (Slovak: Slováci, singular: Slovák, 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.
Total population | |
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c. 6–7 million[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Slovakia 4,567,547[2] | |
United States | 797,764[3] |
Czech Republic | 116,817/191,818–400,000[4] |
United Kingdom | 85,000[5] |
Canada | 72,290[6] |
Germany | 62,235[7] |
Serbia | 52,750[8] |
Austria | 32,052[9] |
Hungary | 29,794[10] |
France | 23,000[11] |
Brazil | 17,200[12] |
Romania | 17,226[13] |
Australia | 12,000[14] |
Ireland | 10,801[15] |
Ukraine | 6,397[16] |
Croatia | 4,712[16] |
Norway | 4,000[16] |
Belgium | 4,000[16] |
Italy | 2,500–3,000[17] |
Portugal | 491[18] |
Languages | |
Slovak | |
Religion | |
Majority Roman Catholics with Minorities of Lutherans, Eastern Catholics, other | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Pannonian Rusyns, other West Slavs |
In Slovakia, c. 4.4 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.