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Slovenian is a Southern Slavic language spoken by about 2 million people in Slovenia and ... in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, USA. Other Southern Slavic languages include Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian and Bulgarian.
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Under the pressure of the Roman Empire the original Venetic presence has gradually receded eastward to Friuli, where the Slovenian language is documented as late as the Early Middle Ages. The Romans and the Goths, after them, have exterminated Rhaetians in bloody campaigns, but in the areas north and east of Friuli the original Venetic/Slovenian population survived. There, Roman rule was not able to change the language and the character of the indigenous population. Thanks to its special position within the Roman state, the Slovenian population in Noricum ... remained unchanged. After the collapse of the Empire and after the departure of Byzantine occupation forces in 568, Noricum became the independent Slovenian state, Carantania. For several centuries it united Slovenians until it was absorbed into the Frankish-Hapsburg Kingdom.
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Slovenian is spoken by over 2 million people worldwide, the vast majority of which live in Slovenia, where it is the official language. A significant number of Slovenian speakers can ... be found in Italy and Austria.1
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The modern Slovenian language finds its origin in the works of the poet France Prešeren, whose work, The Toast, laid the groundwork for Slovenian independence and later became the national anthem of Slovenia. Before Prešeren, much of the Slovenian cultural knowledge was passed down in oral form. As a result, it is somewhat difficult to piece together the history of the region. Yet Slovenian historians have discovered a host of hidden linguistic treasures in their surveys of the oral histories.
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The Slovenian Wikipedia (Slovenska Wikipedija) is the edition of Wikipedia in the Slovenian language. It has been active since March 2002. In February 2007, it has reached 40,000 articles. As of July 18, 2007, it has more than 50,000 articles.
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The main proof that the Slovenian language developed from the language of Veneti are the 'Venetic Inscriptions' from 2500 years ago. They can still be understood, to some degree, only by using the bases of the Slovenian language. The Venetic Inscriptions were found not only in the region of Venice but ... in Slovenia, from Idria near Baèe and from Negova to Brumlje in Charintia.
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