It's closely related to Croatian and Serbian, but the languages are not mutually intelligible.
Slovene is grammatically complex, with lots of cases, genders and tenses.
English is the preferred language of the young. Since WWII, many Slovenian folk traditions have been lost, but compilations by the trio Trutamora Slovenica go back to the roots of Slovenian folk music. Popular music runs the gamut, but it was punk in the late 1970s and early 1980s that grabbed straitlaced Slovenia by the collar and shook it up. Slovenian cuisine is heavily influenced by that of its neighbours. And then there's an old Balkan standby, burek , a greasy layered cheese, meat or even apple pie served at takeaway places.