The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Slovenes |←Slovaks||The
Encyclopedia Americana |Edition of 1920. See also Slovenes on
Wikipedia, and the disclaimer.| SLOVENES, slō-vĕnes', a Slavonic
people often confused with the Slovacs. Most of them are to be
found in the Austrian provinces of Carinthia and Styria,
although there are a few in Italy and Southwestern Hungary. They
came from farther east about the 7th century, and were chiefly
Christianized. They possessed a Bible and grammar in their own
language, but during religious differences in the 16th century
these were mostly destroyed. They are now mainly Runich in their
faith. Their language is split into eight dialects. They have a
lyceum at Laibach containing a choice collection of Slovene
books. They number about 1,300,000. Consult Strekelj, ‘Slovenske
Narodne Pesmi’ (Laibach 1895).