Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Macedonia
National Language
Bulgaria
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Interesting Facts
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
- 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
Macedonian language
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Моля (Molja)
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
жал (žal)
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Debar
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Dialect 3
Pirdop
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
bulgare
macédonien
German Name
Bulgarisch
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Macedonians
Origin
9th Century
2200 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Macedonian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
buls
Not Available
Glottocode
bulg1262
mace1250
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
53-AAA-ha
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic
Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian and Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bulgarian and Macedonian language. Bulgarian word for "Hello" is Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Bulgarian Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bulgarian vs Macedonian Difficulty
The Bulgarian vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian and Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.