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Books in 1Il m Slovak achieved a aclrcula acirculation acirculation clrcula circulation lion of hardly more than 500 500cop 500cop 500cop cop es before the republic was wasformed wasformed wasformed formed The nahve native language cher cherished Cherished cherished ished in m the home was not to be beused beused beused used in III such semi off ofFcial clal places as aspost aspost aspost post offices and railway stations and andcemeteries andcemeteries andcemeteries cemeteries The Thc republic formed in fn in1918 1918 however made Slovak an offi officlal official official clal cial tongue of the same legal status statusas statusas statusas as Czech Immediately thereafter thereaftera a simple Slovak spelling book be became became became came as popular for adults as for forschool forschool torschool school children cmldren and an edition edllion ol of of50 50 000 was promptly sold outLanguages outLanguages out outLanguages Languages SimilarThe SimilarThe Similar SimilarThe The language of the Slovaks dil dilfers di ditfers ! fers fors from that of the Czechs much muchas muchas muchas as English Enghsh differs in m England and andthe andthe andthe the United Umted States Czech and Slo Slovak Sloyak Slovak vak yak can understand each other s sspeech sspeech sspeech speech wiU- wiU wllt will wiUout - out the use of a dictionary dictionaryMany dictIOn dictIOnary dictionary ary aryMany Many of the differences between betweenthe betweenthe betweenthe the two are due to the westerIllZlIlg westernizing westerIllZlIlgmtluence westernizinginfluence westernizinginfluence mtluence influence of Germanic Germamc Austria on onthe onthe onthe the former and the eastern mtlu onflu mtluence onfluence influence ence of Magyar Hungary-and Hungary and Hungary - and occa occaslonal occasional occasional slonal sional contacts with the Turks-on Turks on Turksonthe Turksonthe Turks - - onthe the latter An important factor factorhowever factorhowever factorhowever however is the fact that three threefourths threefourths threefourths fourths of Slovakia is mountamous mountainous mountamousfrom mountainousfrom mountainousfrom from the Little Carpathians in m tht thL thLwest thewest . west to the lofty peaks of the HIgh HIghTatras HighTatras HighTatras Tatras on the northeastMounta northeastMounta northeast northeastMounta Mounta nsides nSldes bear a large part partof partof partof of the virgin vlrgm forests which wmch give the theCzechoslovak theCzechoslovak theCzechoslovak Czechoslovak rep republic bhc the advan advantage advantage advantage tage of being bemg wooded over one th1rd third th1rdof thirdof thirdof of its surface Logs are floated fioated DOwn nown DOwnthe nownthe oownthe the River Vah Slovakia s chief wa waterway waterway waterway terway and smaller streams to lesswooded less lesswooded lesswooded wooded plains plams in III the south Flocks Flocksand Flocksand Flocksand and herds high on the mountain mountainsides mountainsides mountainsides sides give Slovakia a supply of ofleather ofleather ofleather leather woo wool ] and foodstuffs includ includmg including including mg ing sheep s milk cheese and the thequamt thequaint thequaint quamt quaint : Miss Muffet fare curds and andwhey andwhey andwhey whey |