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Belarusian vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Belarus, Gambia  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

Second Language
Poland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  
Albania, Romania, Serbia  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • 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
Russian and Ukrainian  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
48  
28
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
39  
28
26  
16

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Dziakuj  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  

How Are You?
Jak vy ?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
Dabranač  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  

Good Evening
Dobry viečar  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień  
Добар ден (Dobar den)  

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Kali laska  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  

Sorry
Vybačajcie  
жал (žal)  

Bye
da pabačennia  
Чао (Čao)  

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie  
Те сакам (Te sakam)  

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
1.50  
99+

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian  
Debar  

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
2,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.63 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  

French Name
biélorusse  
macédonien  

German Name
Weißrussisch  
Makedonisch  

Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  

Ethnicity
Belarusians  
Macedonians  

History

Origin
18th century  
2200 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Slavic  

Branch
Eastern  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Belarusian  
Macedonian  

Language Position
79  
99+
45  
99+

Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language  
Macedonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
be  
mk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel  
mkd  

ISO 639 2/B
bel  
mac  

ISO 639 3
bel  
mkd  

ISO 639 6
bel  
mkd  

Glottocode
bela1254  
mace1250  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  
53-AAA-ha  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic  

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Belarusian and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Belarusian vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Belarusian and Macedonian language. History of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th century whereas history of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Belarusian and Macedonian Language History.

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Belarusian and Macedonian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Belarusian and Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Belarusian and Macedonian language. Belarusian word for "Hello" is dobry dzień or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Belarusian Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Belarusian vs Macedonian Difficulty

The Belarusian vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Belarusian Alphabets and Macedonian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Belarusian and Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Belarusian and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Belarusian is 44 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.

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