Countries
South Africa
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3231
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1726
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Dankie
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
goeie nag
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
goeie more
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
asseblief
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
jammer
жал (žal)
Bye
Totsiens
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Torlakian
Where They Speak
-
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.001.50
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Debar
Where They Speak
-
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Namibia
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
7.002,100,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
328
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afrikaans
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
afrikaans
macédonien
German Name
Afrikaans
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Macedonians
Origin
17th Century
2200 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Slavic
Branch
Western
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Macedonian
Language Position
2345
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
mk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
mkd
ISO 639 2/B
afr
mac
ISO 639 3
afr
mkd
ISO 639 6
afrs
mkd
Glottocode
afri1274
mace1250
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
53-AAA-ha
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Analytic