Countries
South Africa
Macedonia
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
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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)
Bye
Not Available
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
Not Available
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Debar
Where They Speak
Not Available
Macedonia
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Namibia
Macedonia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Macedonian
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
mace1250
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
53-AAA-ha
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Analytic
All Afrikaans and Macedonian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Macedonian dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Macedonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Macedonian Dialects are spoken in different Macedonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Macedonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian , Debar. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Macedonian Speaking population
Afrikaans and Macedonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Macedonian languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Macedonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Macedonian on Afrikaans vs Macedonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Macedonian Language Codes
Afrikaans and Macedonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Macedonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.