The article focuses on the controversial relationships between the literary language norm, the spoken language and the reality in which the standardised language come to life. Touching the fomation of its image throughout history, it establishes the circumstances which, through various extralinguistic points of view, enabled the Slovene literary language to develop into the means of modern communication in the Slovene national state. Within the Republic of Slovenia, Slovene is the offical language. In accordance with the constitution, Slovene is the language of the legislative, executive and judiciary branches, the language of the public life, including education and science, media, culture and economy. The constitution and legislative acts also determine the conditions for both the autochthonous minority groups. The process of the Slovene integration into the European Union and the establishment of links with the world, has led to - similarly to other languages - a contat between Slovene and English as the language of global communication. English remains the language of communication with the outer world, while, as a rule, the language use for communication within the linguistic community does not chanege although a certain degree of attention to awarness of the first language, as well as the knowledge regarding its role in the process of formulationg the notions of the world related to the mastery of scientific, legal and political expertise are needed. The life of a language therefore means its universal development, a must for the preservation of a language given all the exsisting pressures. A postulation of the preservation of a language without an open life perspective is at the heart of language decline and death. Any related appeal to linguistic loyalty would prove to be inadequate.
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