Does Duolingo Have Slovak? No. What About Czech?

Does Duolingo offer anything close to Slovak?

Yes: Duolingo teaches Czech to English speakers, and Czech is Slovak's closest relative. The two are largely mutually intelligible: Czechs and Slovaks shared a country until the end of 1992, and they still talk to each other without either one switching languages.

So a Czech course helps you understand Slovak but helps much less with speaking it. The spelling, many everyday words and even the names of the months differ, and Slovaks notice at once. Babbel and Busuu don't offer Slovak either (checked November 2026).

How to learn Slovak with Qlango

Qlango teaches Slovak from A1 to B2, the four CEFR levels from beginner to upper intermediate. At A1 and A2 you introduce yourself, talk about daily life in simple sentences and get through everyday exchanges. At B2 you can hold a real conversation on familiar topics and follow the main points of articles.

A lesson is a set of short Slovak example sentences with the translation in the language you learn from. You answer them in different ways, such as flashcards, picking one of two answers, matching pairs, putting scrambled words in order, writing what you hear and writing the translation yourself, which is where you have to put the ä in mäso (meat) and the ô in kôň (horse) on your own. An AI voice reads every example aloud, and you can slow it down. A finished lesson comes back after one, two, four and eight days and then once more, and examples you needed a hint for return in harder questions later.

You choose the language you learn from, so it can be English or your own native language.

Where Slovak and Czech part ways

The grammar works in much the same way. The trouble is in the words you use every day:

The months are the quickest test. Slovak uses the Latin-based names English speakers already know, from január and február to december, while Czech has Slavic names of its own: leden, únor, březen.

The spelling separates them too. Slovak has no ě, ů or ř. In return it has letters Czech doesn't: ä, which most speakers say like the e in "bed"; ô, roughly "uo"; the soft ľ; the long ĺ and ŕ; and dz and dž, which count as letters of their own. Slovak also has six cases to Czech's seven, because it has largely given up the vocative.

Your first Slovak words

Slovak stress falls on the first syllable. And the yes you'll hear all day isn't the textbook áno but hej, where a Czech would say jo. Our full guide to learning Slovak covers the sounds, the six cases and a plan for your first month.

FAQ

Is Slovak on Duolingo?

No. As of November 2026, Duolingo has no Slovak course from English or from any other language, so you can't learn Slovak on Duolingo.

Can I learn Slovak with Duolingo's Czech course?

Partly. Czech helps you understand Slovak and gives you a head start on the grammar, but you'd end up speaking Czech to Slovaks. If Slovak is the goal, learn Slovak first. Czech comes easily afterwards.

What is the best app to learn Slovak?

It depends on what you need. If you want a course organised by CEFR level, with a fixed review schedule, Qlango teaches Slovak from A1 to B2. Duolingo, Babbel and Busuu don't offer Slovak (checked November 2026).

Is there a free app to learn Slovak?

Qlango is free to download on iPhone and Android, and you can start your first Slovak lesson without creating an account. It also works in your browser.

How should I start learning Slovak?

With the sounds: the spelling is regular, so a week of reading aloud gets you through ä, ô and ľ. Then learn phrases before case tables, keep Czech material out of your first months, and do a little every day.

Will Duolingo add Slovak?

We can't say. Duolingo adds and removes courses over time, so check its catalogue if you're reading this much later.

Slovak isn't the only gap. See every language Duolingo doesn't teach, or compare Qlango and Duolingo side by side. Your first Slovak lesson takes about five minutes.