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Slovene language

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Slovene is the most western language in the south slav branche of languages. It is spoken by the Slovenes that live in Slovenia, 2000000,plus the Slovenes in Beneska Slovenia in Italy , and in Koruska Slovenia in Austria. It is one of the slavic languages that preserved the dual number ,(like the upper and lower sorbian language)and it has very difficult case system. One of the characteristics of this language is the futur tense where we have

bom bos bo bomo boste bodo plus past participle.  This language was a long period ,  secondary language, language of low folk masses in Slovenia in the period of Austriohungarian empire,where the German had the primate. But because the Slovenes started to get the national conscience in the beginning of 17 century and especially in 19 century in the time of France Presern  who is one of the first modern poets of Slovene litterature...