List Slavic can be a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into East Slavic, West Slavic, and South Slavic. East Slavic (Russian, Ukrainian, Byelorussian) West Slavic (Polish, Czech, Slovak, Sorbian) South Slavic (Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Old Church Slavonic) Slovak is similar to Czech and the official language of Slovakia. Ako sa maté ? (How are you ?) Rozumiem. (I understand ) Slovene is similar to Croatian and the official language of the Republic of Slovenia , formerly part of Yugoslavia. Kako se imate ? (How are you ?) Razumen. (I understand ) Croatian Kako ste ? Razumijem Serbian K A K O C T E ? (Cyrillic) (k ah k o s t eh) p a 3 y m e m (r a z u m e m) Polish Jak sie masz ? Rozumiem However let me give you a practical example. During the Big War (2) my American military unit stopped a freight train filled with Polish DPs in Germany. I tried Slovak because they seemed to speak only Polish but it didn't work. Finally we ended up conversing in German. Frank K