Slovenčina / Slovak Bible History (3)

**List: Slovak Ministry Bible ( Biblie ) Slovak... SLOVAKIAN. "THE Slovaks, or Slovenes, dwell in the north-west of Hungary, more especially in the counties Trencsin, Thurocz, Arva, Liptau and Sohl.   Including their numerous settlements, dispersed all over Hungary, their number may be estimated in round numbers at about 1,800,000.   Of these, 1,300,000 are Roman Catholics; the rest are Protestants.   They are descendants of the original Sclavonic settlers in Europe, but their language is the only remnant they have preserved of their national existence.   In 894 they were conquered by the Magyars; since then they have dwelt in the same land, and under the same government, as their conquerors, and they still form a component and very important part of the Hungarian nation.   Their dialect approximates closely to the Servian, but has been greatly influenced by the Bohemian, which they have adopted as their literary language.   It is to the Romanists that the Slovaks are indebted for a version of the Scriptures in their own dialect.   A translation of the Bible was made by the Canon G. Palkowic, which was printed in 1831.   The Bohemian version had been up to that period the only translation of the Scriptures in general use among these people."--The Bible of Every Land. (1860, Second Edition)   Samuel Bagster   [Info only: See Czech 1613 Bible Kralice.] SLOVAKIAN.   [W. OSTRIHOME.]--1860   S. Bagster   [Info only: Gothic Character   "1832" John 1:1-12 unknown.]

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