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Let us draw your attention to a radio programme on the Radio Regina Západ in which you can learn, among others, what is the influence of standardized Slovak language on dialects. Listen to the programme Otázka na dnes (Question of the Day) in which our colleague Katarína Balleková from the Department of Dialectology answers questions…

On Friday 28 and Saturday 29 March, 2025 the Slovak National Corpus will be out of service from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The SNC databases, SNC website, Terminology portal and Mapka application will NOT be available for the two days. We apologise for the inconvenience. Poster can be found here.

Have you heard of ‘bachter‘ and ‘túrnó‘? In case you are curious of their meanings and what region the words are used, a new application Mapka is here for you. Mapka offers a map with recordings of various dialects. Please watch the short video and find out more! The video is available on our YouTube…

We are happy that the new map of dialects is a source of so much interest! We were wondering which sound recordings had been played most. Here is the list: The application has been developed by the Slovak National Corpus Department in cooperation with the experts on Slovak dialectology. The application is available here.