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{{Infobox Language
|name=Slovio/Словио
|caption=Flag
|image=[[Image:Pan-Slavic flag.svg|150px|center|Pan-Slavic flag, also used as Slovio flag]]
|creator=[[Mark Hucko]]
|date=[[2001]]
|speakers=unknown
|setting=[[International auxiliary language]], designed for native speakers of [[Slavic languages]]
|fam2=[[international auxiliary language|auxiliary language]]
|posteriori=[[a posteriori language]] based on the [[Slavic languages]]}}

'''Slovio''' is a written and spoken [[constructed language]] created by [[Switzerland|Swiss]]-based [[Slovakia|Slovak]] linguist [[Mark Hucko]] and published on the Internet in [[2001]]. Slovio is an [[international auxiliary language]] created to help [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] speakers intercommunicate. 

The name, Slovio, comes from the [[Proto-Slavic language|Proto-Slavic]] ''slovo'' which means "word" and has been retained in similar form in contemporary [[Belarusian language|Belarusian]], [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]], [[Croatian language|Croatian]], [[Serbian language|Serbian]], [[Bosnian language|Bosnian]], [[Czech language|Czech]], [[Slovak language|Slovak]], [[Polish language|Polish]], [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]] and [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] languages. As of March 2007, the dictionary of Slovio contains over 40,000 entries.

Slovio is an a posteriori [[international auxiliary language|auxiliary language]] based on the Slavic languages. It is promoted as simple, easy to learn, and immediately comprehensible to large populations in Asia and Eastern Europe. Thus, Slovio is a close parallel of [[Interlingua]], but for a different intended audience.

== Characterization ==

The grammar principles of Slovio are similar to [[Esperanto]] (adjective and verb endings, no flexion). In fact, Slovio grammar departs significantly from common Slavonic grammar features, especially by using the English and Romance plural ending -s, which is entirely unknown to Slavonic languages. However, there is no required ending for nouns and no noun-adjective agreement. [[Affix|Affixes]] are used to change the function or meaning of a word. For example, adding ''-ju'' to the end of a word makes it an [[adjective]] to a neighbouring noun. Consequently, there is no need for a strict word sequence:

:''trava zelenju'' - "green grass"
:''zelenju trava'' - "green grass"

The vocabulary is derived from the most common words from [[Slavic languages]]. According to Hucko, Slovio is understandable by more than 400 million people throughout the world without any prior study of the language, the same argument widely made for Interlingua. 

However, critics say that Slovio's intelligibility is far from granted, especially for speakers of [[West Slavic languages|West]] and [[South Slavic languages]]. For example, the Slovio words "sobak" (dog), "tper" (now), and "pecxen" (liver) are very similar to the Russian words "sobaka", "teper", and "pyechen", but have different roots in the South and West Slavic languages. To overcome this, sometimes synonyms are used, e.g. the alternative word "pes" for (dog).

== Alphabet ==

Slovio can be written using the [[Latin alphabet|Latin]] letters, as well as using [[Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic]] letters. As with [[Ido]] and Interlingua, the Slovio letters have no diacritic markings. 

The sound and pronunciation of the letters are similar to Ido and Esperanto, except for the Slovio letters ''cx, gx, sx'' (present only in the [[x-convention]]) and ''zx'' ({{IPA|/ʒ/}}, equivalent to the Esperanto letter ''[[ĵ]]''). Using a letter in combination with the letter ''x'' forms a new single sound. For example, ''s'' represents {{IPA|/s/}}, and ''sx'' {{IPA|/ʃ/}} - the English ''sh'' sound.  This system allows for easy transmission via computer and other communication networks without the need for any special fonts.

:{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="2" style="text-align:center; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; width: 30%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%; clear: right"

! colspan=2 |  [[Latin alphabet|Latin]]  
! colspan=2 | [[Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic]]
! phonetic value
|-
|A||a||А||а||{{IPA|/a/}}
|-
|B||b||Б||б||{{IPA|/b/}}
|-
|C||c||Ц||ц||{{IPA|/ʦ/}}
|-
|Cx||cx||Ч||ч||{{IPA|/tʃ/}}
|-
|D||d||Д||д||{{IPA|/d/}}
|-
|E||e||Е||е||{{IPA|/e/}}
|-
|F||f||Ф||ф||{{IPA|/f/}}
|-
|G||g||Г||г||{{IPA|/ɡ/}}
|-
|Gx||gx||ДЖ||дж||{{IPA|/dʒ/}}
|-
|H||h||Х||х||{{IPA|/h/}} or {{IPA|/x/}}
|-
|I||i||И||и||{{IPA|/i/}}
|-
|J||j||Й||й||{{IPA|/j/}}
|-
|K||k||К||к||{{IPA|/k/}}
|-
|L||l||Л||л||{{IPA|/l/}}
|-
|M||m||М||м||{{IPA|/m/}}
|-
|N||n||Н||н||{{IPA|/n/}}
|-
|O||o||О||о||{{IPA|/o/}}
|-
|P||p||П||п||{{IPA|/p/}}
|-
|R||r||Р||р||{{IPA|/r/}}
|-
|S||s||С||с||{{IPA|/s/}}
|-
|Sx||sx||Ш||ш||{{IPA|/ʃ/}}
|-
|T||t||Т||т||{{IPA|/t/}}
|-
|U||u||У||у||{{IPA|/u/}}
|-
|V||v||В||в||{{IPA|/v/}}
|-
|Z||z||З||з||{{IPA|/z/}}
|-
|Zx||zx||Ж||ж||{{IPA|/ʒ/}}
|-
|}

Optional letters are:

:{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="2" style="text-align:center; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; width: 30%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%; clear: right"

! colspan=2 |  [[Latin alphabet|Latin]]  
! colspan=2 | [[Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic]]
! phonetic value
|-
|Hq||hq|| || ||always {{IPA|/h/}}
|-
|Hx||hx|| || ||always {{IPA|/x/}}
|-
|X||x||Кс||кс||{{IPA|/ks/}}
|-
|Wx||wx||Щ||щ||{{IPA|/ʃtʃ/}}
|-
|Q||q|| || ||[[palatalization|palatalizes]] the previous consonant
|-
|}

== Text sample in Slovio==

: ''Slovio es novju mezxunarodju jazika ktor razumijut cxtirsto milion ludis na celoju zemla. Ucxijte Slovio tper!''
: Словио ес новйу межународйу йазика ктор разумийут чтирсто милион лудис на целойу земла. Учийте Словио тпер!
: Slovio is a new international language that is understood by 400 million people in the world. Learn Slovio now!

== References ==
*{{cite web | url = http://www.omniglot.com/writing/slovio.htm | title = Slovio language and alphabet | accessdate = 2007-03-04 | year = 2007 | work = Omniglot}}

== External links ==
{{Wikibooks}}
*[http://www.slovio.com/ Official Slovio webpage]
*[http://www.zvestia.com/ ''Zvestia''], news site in Slovio
*[http://www.lorem-ipsum.info/_slovio Generator for Slovio typographical filler text]
*[http://slavopedia.vikipedija.org/index.php Forum about Slavopedia project and Slovio]
*[http://www.pravapis.org/art_swadesh_russian_polish.asp Swadesh word list: comparing Slovio, Polish, Russian, Czech, Bulgarian and Belarusian]
*[http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/translation/Slovio/ Slovio-English Dictionary] from [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org Webster's Dictionary]

*[[:meta:Slavopedia|Slavopedia]] on ''MetaWiki''.

{{Slavic languages}}

[[Category:International auxiliary languages]]
[[Category:Slavic languages]]
[[Category:Constructed_languages]]

[[bs:Slovio]]
[[bg:Словио]]
[[ca:Slovio]]
[[cs:Slovio]]
[[da:Slovio]]
[[de:Slovio]]
[[eo:Slovio]]
[[es:Slovio]]
[[fr:Slovio]]
[[ja:スロヴィオ]]
[[ko:슬로비오]]
[[hr:Slovio]]
[[ia:Slovio]]
[[csb:Slovio]]
[[hu:Slovio nyelv]]
[[nl:Slovio]]
[[no:Slovio]]
[[pl:Slovio]]
[[pt:Slovio]]
[[ru:Словио]]
[[sk:Slovio]]
[[sl:Slovio]]
[[sr:Словио]]
[[fi:Slovio]]
[[sv:Slovio]]
[[uk:Словіо]]